The Lady of the White City

Video, 8:40 minutes 

2020

 

Synopsis:

The experimental video work The Lady of the White City consists of excerpts from the collection of Nathan Axelrod newsreels "Moledet" and "Carmel", filmed between 1927-1958, and an Interview with Zina Dizengoff in which she is heard for the first time since her untimely death in February 1930.

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The work begins with the few rare moments of footage that exist of Zina - her funeral journey. In a monologue based on her biography, she tells her story, allowing a glimpse into the development of the ‘Yishuv’ and the early years of Tel-Aviv city. 

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The work participate in the exhibition Helpful as administrating medication to the dead curated by Yulia Yablonski and Hadas Keidar at the Studio-Bank, Tel Aviv in 2020.