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Mind Crossing NYC, 2017

May 2017, Collaboration with the artist/musician Tal Gur (talgur.net) Photos: Izik Mishan concept/composition: Tal Gur

Choreography/dance: Jasmin Avissar

Dance: László Benedek, Jasmin Avissar

Music: Noa Fort, Rene Hart, Nick Anderson

Technical support: Al Hoberman

Mind Crossing Vienna, 2017

Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien - Semper Depot on June 2017

with: Tal Gur, Jasmin Avissar, László Benedek, Herbert Könighofer, Hannah Eisendle, Christian Stolz

Technical support: Richard Dixon, Yarden Zana

Installation: Alexandra Ben-Abba, Costumes: Juhász Józsefné Irénke

Photos: Eckhart Derschmidt, ,Mela Richtig,

Performance hosted by Media Labor Akademie der Bildenden Künste - Friedemann Derschmidt

Adama

Photo: Izik Mishan

Silent Duet

Photo: Izik Mishan

Sonja

Photo: Izik Mishan

Adama

Photo: Izik Mishan

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Mind Crossing Munich, 2018

July 2018, Outdoors performance in Alten Botanischen Garten München as part of the exhibition Family Archives in the Kunstpavillon Munich.

with: Tal Gur, Herbert Könighofer, László Benedek, Jasmin Avissar, Friedemann Derschmidt, Ralf Homann

Photos: Ralf Homann

Special thanks to Ron Blume for making this performance possible!!

Tal Gur and Jasmin Avissar collaborate in a multi disciplinary performance of music and dance to examine the possibilities of performing arts to act as a tool for redefining family narratives and identities.

The performance follows the story of Arye and Sonja, Tal Gur`s grandparents, Holocaust survivors on their route of refuge after World War II, portrayed through letters Arye wrote to his sister form their journey.

Arye

Photo: Mela Richtig

Sonja

Photo: Mela Richtig

Tango

Photo: Mela Richtig

Arye

Photo: Mela Richtig

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Silent Duet

Photo: Ralf Homann

Leida (under contractions)

Photo: Ralf Homann

Parallel

Photo: Ralf Homann

Silent Duet

Photo: Ralf Homann

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What does it mean to start the performance

at the entrance of the brown quarter in Munich?

How does the clash of memories and reality affects the performance?

Are we as blind today as we were in the past?

Can we read the signs or just keep tangoing in the park?

The space itself of the Alten Botanischen Garten and the Kunstpavillon, added another layer to

the piece and allowed Tal and Jasmin to connect the personal family story to a wider sphere of cultural memory. In this space, past and present coexist, creating inner contradictions and broken mirrors which brought different aspects of the work forward.

Mind Crossing (2020) -segment Parallel

5.7.2020, Weißgerberviertel Vienna

with:

Tal Gur (composition, live-stream music, Israel)

Jasmin Avissar (Choreography, dance)

László Benedek (dance)

Birgit Stöger (text, theatrical intervention)

Jan Thümer (text, theatrical intervention)

Karin Schneider (research, workshop)

Anna Vera Derschmidt (Assistance)

mind crossing - segment parallel

weißgerberviertel, 1030 Vienna. photo: ©Amela Ristić

mind crossing - segment parallel

weißgerberviertel, 1030 Vienna. photo: ©Amela Ristić

mind crossing - segment parallel

weißgerberviertel, 1030 Vienna. photo: Malte Andritter

mind crossing - segment parallel

weißgerberviertel, 1030 Vienna. photo: ©Amela Ristić

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Mind Crossing-Linz 19.9.2020