Somniloquies
2017
7
Guy Ben-Ner, one of Israel's foremost video artists, gained international recognition with a series of low-tech films, starring his family in absurdist settings carved out of their intimate spaces and their everyday surroundings. Many of his videos are inspired by screenplays for films, folktales and novels. Analyzing these literary and cinematographic passages allows him to exploit the conventions of film narrative: how to tell a story, captivate an audience through a tale, sustain a degree of tension and entertainment, and so on. At the same time, he corrupts the magic of fiction by openly showing us the entrails of everything he records, without worrying about revealing the tricks of the trade. A large part of his filmic oeuvre features a conglomeration of cinematic and literary references which the artist quotes, adapts or interprets. Ben-Ner self-referentially links the great themes and their literary, cinematic and artistic realization.
Somniloquies
2017
7
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7
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0
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0
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7
The Bomb
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7
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2003
6
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016
8
Karikpo Pipeline
2015
0
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8
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2019
7
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0
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0
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0
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7
Promises
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7
The Human Factor
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7
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7
Countdown to Eternity
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10
Heartbeat
2001
0