Abandoned buildings or those slated for demolition that become art centers for a few days have already become routine, and this time it will be the municipal office building, located at 101 Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa. The building will become a multidisciplinary art site of "Kabbalah" as part of the Jaffa Festival 101 in the Mishlomo building.
For one evening, on July 20, starting at 16:30 p.m., the festival will take place in its spaces, rooms and on the light rail route leading to it, and will feature artists who will present a variety of art, performance, music, drag, video, poetry and dance activities. As part of the interactive festival, the participating artists actually harness the audience to be an active part of it and connect art to the public space in Jaffa.
Jaffa Festival 101, Photo: Dima Hever
Among the events at the festival: Helicon's main poetry event with poetry readings by Sarah von Schwarze, Ayman Siksek, Ayat Abu Shamis and more. In addition, artist Mohammed Tohi will present "Archival Memories" - a series of digital paintings inspired by the photographic archive of Jaffa in the first decades of the 20th century.
Oz Zaluf, artistic director of the event: "The ability of art to develop is connected to creating connections between it and other systems such as welfare, education, religion, family, housing and housing. The action of such an art event in a large municipal institution creates a new optimistic possibility for the future of vital art that is connected to the flow of life."
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