Arkadi Zaides
Archive

B’Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Since 2007, the organization has been operating its Camera Project, which distributes video cameras to Palestinians in high conflict areas in the West Bank. The project aims to provide an ongoing documentation of human rights violations, and to expose the reality of life under occupation to both the Israeli and the international public. Throughout the work process, Zaides reviewed and selected footage that was filmed by volunteers of B’Tselem’s Camera Project. On stage, he examines the bodies of Israelis as they were captured on camera, and focuses on the physical reactions to which they resort in various confrontational situations. The Palestinians remain behind the camera, nevertheless, their movement, voice, and point of view are highly present, determining the viewer’s perspective. Although the footage reveals a local reality, Archive raises broader, more universal questions: what is the potential of violence embedded in each individual body, and what price does the collective pay for governing the other.

Zaides extracts and appropriates gestures and voices of fellow Israelis. He identify with the footage and engages in it, gradually embodying it. The mimetic choreographic practice raises questions of participation and responsibility as Zaides’ body transforms into a living archive. Archive was premiered at Festival d’Avignon, 2014.
 

Arkadi Zaides was born in 1979 in Belarus and immigrated to Israel at the age of 11 where he lived till 2015. Currently, he lives and works between Brussels and Lyon. Zaides holds a Master’s degree from the Amsterdam Master Of Choreography program at the Theater School (NL). He performed in a few Israeli companies such as the Batsheva Dance Company and the Yasmeen Godder Dance Group. In 2004, he embarked on an independent career. Zaides' work examines the ways in which political and social contexts effect the physical body and constitute choreography. His works have been presented in numerous festivals and venues around the world. Zaides is a recipient of numerous awards, among them the Kurt Jooss Award for his work Solo Colores (2010) and the Emile Zola Prize for Performing Arts for demonstrating engagement in human rights issues (2013).
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Archive materials: volunteers for the "Camera Project" of B'Tselem - The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Iman Sufan, Mu'az Sufan, Bilal Tamimi, Udai 'Aqel, Awani D'ana, Bassam J'abri, Abu 'Ayesha, Qassem Saleh, Mustafa Elkam, Raed Abu Ermeileh, Abu Sa'ifan, Oren Yakobovich, Nayel Najar
Concept & choreography Arkadi Zaides Video consultant Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein Sound art & voice dramaturgy Tom Tlalim Artistic advice Katerina Bakatsaki Assistant choreography Ofir Yudilevitch Costume Adam Kalderon Light Thalie Lurault Remote Control Interface Pierre-Olivier Boulant Technical direction Etienne Exbrayat Sound technician Cyril Communal Production Simge Gücük Special thanks to Myriam Van Imschoot
International distribution  Key PerformanceCo-produced by Festival D’Avignon (FR), CDC Toulouse (FR), Theatre National De Chaillot (FR), CNDC Angers (FR) Residencies at STUK Leuven (BE), CDC Toulouse (FR), CNDC Angers (FR), Theatre National De Chaillot (FR), WP Zimmer (BE) Arkadi Zaides / Institut des Croisements is founded by French Ministry of Culture/DRAC Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

March 24, 19h (70mins)

Straight after the performance we kindly invite all participants to our NO FEAR IN ASKING Artists Talk. We establish a brave space to share vivid emotions. No question is stupid, no answer is dumb. We meet to understand. Talks are moderated by Katarzyna Szustow.

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