Be my guest: Naomi Zur sends presents to Penelope and Odysseus
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to share their art. Linear time and locality are not relevant. Naomi Zur is a colleague artists of mine. She encourages me along my path as I work on my Blog as artwork, and on my dream to revive Anciant Alexandria Library. She is also very playful and […]
Be my guest: Billy Collins: “Instructions to the Portrait Artist”
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to share their art; I assemble between creators in my sitting room. Linear time and locality are not relevant. Instructions to the Portrait Artist by Billy Collins from: Questions About Angels I wish my head to appear perfectly round and since the canvas should be of epic […]
Be my guest: Hiroshi Sugimoto, Predag Matvejevic, Janine Antoni
“We need a port of departure: A shore or view, an event or a story. The place we are leaving is less important than the one we will arrive at.“ Breviare Mediterraneen, Predag Matvejevic Hiroshi Sugimoto/ Time Exposed: A presentation of some of Sugimoto’s photographs from the portfolio “Time Exposed.” The portfolio consists of 50 […]
Be my Guest: William Kentridge and William Kentridge
To the honor of William Kentridge on the occasion of receiving Dan David Prize ” …………Can you describe your life as an artist?………” httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F1hMqJLaVY&feature=related
Be my guest: Bill Viola and Gaston Bachelard
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to share their art; I assemble between creators in my sitting room. Linear time and locality are not relevant. Bill Viola is speaking about his video artwork, Ocean Without a Shore – exhibited at Venice Biennale 2007. He points out the link between the dead and the […]
Sailing to Lisbon with Pesoa and Saramago
I was twelve on our second voyage through the same Mediterranean ports on the Greek Queen Anna Maria. I went into a familiar cabin. It was soothing to follow the blue of sky and blue sea cut the circle of the window into two halves. They danced as I laid on my bed close to the ceiling. Once every two or […]
Be my Guest- Gabriel Orozco and Alex Epstein
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to share their art; I assemble between creators in my sitting room. Linear time and locality are not relevant. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7yNaqYEheg I learned about Gabriel Orozco mostly through the Internet. I read stories by Alex Epstein in Hebrew. I join them as my guests, since they both remind me of sailing […]
BE MY GUEST – Makiko Sakurai
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to share their art; I assemble between creators in my sitting room. Linear time and locality are not relevant. Makiko Sakurai, a musician, an Aikido teacher, Buddhist Shomyo chanter, took the night train to Sensei’s home at Yamma village where I was a guest for a few weeks. […]
Be my Guest: Samuel de Leeuw and Tali Amitai Tabib
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to comment and share their ideas and art. Samuel de Leeuw, is a generous scholar, living in Amsterdam. From his library, he cites jams and knowledge. You are invited to read some of his thoughts concerning Alexandria’s library.The photographer is Tali Tabib Amitai, who knows libraries from within. Alexandria’s […]