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The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies is proud to present "The Orientalist," online for the first time.

Conflating desires, miracles, magic and impending catastrophes, this multichannel video installation is composed of four short videos in full synchronization, arranged at exactly the same rate, with each crop, angle change, or dramatic action happening simultaneously. The soundtrack for each video is a popular “Oriental” Israeli song from the 1980s and 1990s, before this music genre broke into the mainstream.

The identical structure attempts to trace the rhythm and melody for each song, highlighting the emotional and social meanings of both the scenes unraveling on screen and the accompanying music.  

Click here to watch the videos.

Click here for the curatorial text.