The Orphan's Gift | video · color · single channel · 16/10 · 28’ · 2018
The video confronts the structure of the French language with the discovery of architect Dan Eytan's brutalist tower in Jerusalem, Migdal Ha-ïr. The traumatic journey of a child during the Algerian War alleviates both the tower and the French language to a sacred level, through body movements, words, and introspective testimonies.
Creation: Dan Robert Lahiani · Dance and Choreography: Yoanna Blikman · Acting: Avril Bénard · Participation: Dan Eytan, Maurice Lahiani, Huguette Lahiani · Directing · Cinematography · Editing · Sound: Dan Robert Lahiani Guidance: Sharon Balaban, Maya Zack, Efrat Shalem · Screen Based Art Department of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Extract from The Orphan’s Gift (2019) · Dance and Choreography: Yoanna Blikman · Acting: Avril Bénard · Participation: Dan Eytan, Maurice Lahiani, Huguette Lahiani · Guidance: Sharon Balaban, Maya Zack, Efrat Shalem
Exhibitions | Screenings
2021 Zuzu Gallery, Emek Hefer, Israel, Curator: Rotem Ritov
2021 42nd Brussels Independant Film Festival, Belgium
2020 38th Edition Asolo Art Festival
2020 Zaz Gallery, New York, U.S
2020 Morgan Library & Museum. New York, U.S, Curator: Sharon Balaban
2019 p8 Gallery, group exhibition, Curators: Lee Barbu, Sally Krysztal
2019 Schaumbad Freies Atelier, Graz, Austria
2019 Tel Aviv University, Lecture, Ein Hara
2019 Jerusalem Cinémathèque, Curator: Benjamin Freidenberg
2018 Jerusalem Artists' House, Solo Exhibition Pre-Conditioned Tracks
2018 Graduate exhibition: Bezalel Academy of Fine Art and Design
