Art & Apathy Shoot – DAM in Lod
We spent the day with DAM in Lod, a mixed city. We walked around the ruins and ghetto areas, and ended up in an area where the Israeli government spent approximately $60,000 to have boulders brought in to an area where they razed the buildings. No one can build there now. Some of the rocks were painted, but mostly, the area was strewn with garbage. DAM did some interesting free-styling in response to questions. Their show in Haifa for a community... Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – More Interviews
We interviewed Rami, a member of the Family Circle, an organization for Israelis and Palestinians who’ve lost loved ones to war and terrorism. They meet to heal, to teach in schools about the devastation of violence, to remember, and to move forward positively. This is a terribly simplistic explanation of what they do. Being in Rami’s presence, hearing his story, was another lesson for me personally. The director and the producer took... Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – Shooter’s Day Off
I woke up very late and wandered downtown, searching for wireless. I found it at Cafe Rimon. Hours later, chatting online with my sister and other friends, I found I cannot update my blog because port 21 is blocked. Free wireless but no ftp. I’ll just have to wait until we get somewhere more net friendly. The free wireless – its wonderful. HINT HINT NYC!!! (oh how i wish) The city is lovely and hilly. It reminds me a bit of San... Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – Coca-Bleach-Chemic-Alley
Can I describe the smell of the desert? How does bleach, ammonia, paint thinner, and Draino sound? (my nose hairs are burning). I saw how the desert has become industrialized. How Bedouin populations are forced to live in prescribed reservations to receive tax paying services. Its complex – I don’t understand it all, but I saw, and smelled, enough to make me ill. Despite the nauseating smells of progress, the chance to shoot Tel... Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – Jerusalem Hip Hopping
Steve Sabella Visiting a photographer who prints on rocks was a treat. His entire frenetic being was lovely. His home, his family, his work, his creative drive. He is one to watch – his eye is subtle, ghostly, colorful and at times stark in raw beauty. Read More Share on FacebookTweet Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – Honor Killing Me Not So Softly
I’m in Israel now – been here for a couple of days. We’ve done one interview and one concert shoot so far. Its so similar and so much different at the same time. The stories I am hearing are changing me. I heard in detail about an honor killing of a young Muslim woman in a few towns not far from Jerusalem, where I am staying. It was so hard to hear, to comprehend that an unmarried woman, who got pregnant, was okay to kill. ... Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – To the Holy Land
Arrived safe and sound. Cameras ready and shooting begins already. So many new sounds, smells, voices, faces. And Home Depot. So different, so similar, and I feel the flurry here deeper, more profoundly. Kittens outside our door, feral, terribly hungry, unable to understand play. Surviving. Scratching together a meager, mean life, as disposable creatures. There are levels of class and privilege here, based on more than money. Many feel this... Read More
Art & Apathy Shoot – In The Air
Its the middle of the night in NYC. Its early morning in Western Europe. I’m flying to Frankfurt and then to Tel Aviv. I’m so excited. I’m shooting a documentary – “Art and Apathy”. The director, Jessica Habie, has been in Israel for over a month now, preparing. I’ll be staying in Jerusalem for 5 weeks. Breakfast just came so I’m keeping this short. I am sore from the 5 hours of this six hour... Read More
