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This weeklong artistic event combines walking, creative expression, and human interaction as artist Guy Briller, who conceived of the project, leads 25 artists, social activists and intellectuals on a pilgrimage from the Neve Shalom communal settlement to Jerusalem. Throughout the pilgrimage, which will be documented and broadcast live on a website created specifically for this purpose, participants will engage in discussions about a range of social, cultural and political issues, as well as act and create in response to the spirit and inspiration of the discussions.
Participating:
Yonathan Avishai, Bik van der Pol, Yuval Ben-Ami, Eden Bannet, Yael Berda, Muhammed Jabali, Yossi Ghinsberg, Etai Darway, Kerem Halbrecht, Markha Valenta, Lavi Zytner, Rafram Chaddad, Meir Tati, Narkis Tepler, Porat Salomon, Noah M Fischer, Tahel Frosh, Jonathan Keren, Chaia Rukin
Documenting:
Arik Footman, Moran Gutman, Snir Kazir, Yair Moss. Ohad Shem Tov, Yuval Yairi, Rotem Rozental
The basic premise of the project is that a journey by foot, when cast as an act of self-examination and a re-assessment of one's immediate surroundings, creates a space in which people of diverse backgrounds can forge meaningful ties and imagine a future beyond the confines of our current reality. And of course, the act recalls that Jerusalem has been, for thousands of years, a point of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, Muslims and others. Or in the words of the project's initiators: in many ways, Jerusalem has always been a place that we are constantly trying to reach.
The pilgrimage will end in a communal tent which will be erected for 24 hours in Jerusalem—in which the artists will exhibit the work they produced during the journey.
The Route
Meeting and exit point: Neve Shalom on the longest day of the year, June 21 2012
Project Creator and Director: Guy Briller
Co-Artistic Directors: Gilad Reich and Guy Briller
Production: Noam Kuzar
Documentation: Ohad Shem Tov
Artistic Director, The Jerusalem Season of Culture: Itay Mautner
