4^th activism festival

 

 

The 4eme Festival of activism has Lod 

 

Contrary to the last years, this year the Festival of activism was situated in the urban decor of one of the districts of the Lod city, in a forsaken yard, which was part of the ghetto of Lod in the fifties and the sixties. In the photos one can see the ruins of Khan el-Hilu. The district around ("Ramat Eshkol ") is overcrowded, but remains however forsaken and very little taking care of. The Festival was rich in activity of all sort, stands “for” and stands “against”, and many workshops that handled with various topics: from the history of the Nakba till the preparation of natural gas etc. etc.

From the moment of our arrival we were occupied with our show, repetitions and the necessary advertisement. It was especially important for the topic of the piece to have Arab spectators.

In the beginning, one of the spectators created a living statue about oppression. (photos 06-13) After this he sculpted the ideal situation (Photos 14-17), and finally the actors, who were the “material” of these sculpture, were moving from the oppression to the ideal situation. (video)

 

And then we have begun the spectacle. It is the play, that we have performed in the festival two years ago, and you can read here the report on our performance, and on the plot. Abed the ex-collaborator, who is threatened by the house-owner of his flat (photos 18-21 an video* ), goes to his agent of the secret service (photos 22-27 and video *), to take what he deserve. Then he is going to look for a job and meets David, a seller of peanuts  (photos 28-36 and two videos *), and finally he goes to his mistress and tells her his troubles  (photos 37-40 and video*)   . And then the bullet passes to the spectators (photo 41). After having played a few propositions (video*- 1.2 mb) we finished with a vocal improvisation (photos 60-66).   

Some spectators continued to discuss with us the problem of ex-collaborators in Israel and the possible solutions, and the question: Is it possible to get rid of a mark from the past. Most Arabs think that this problem must be resolved in Palestine and not in Israel. (video)

 

It was not easy to achieve the play, especially that most members of the NEMASHIM group are still occupied with their final exams. But we have a lots of projects for the future, and we hope that we will have the financial possibility to achieve them.   

 

All video-clips are not very heavy, and the resolution is not very good. If you want better video-clips, I will send them with joy ([email protected] ). The whole show was in Hebrew, and so the video-clips.