Oded Hirsch

There is Nothing New (EnKhadash)

An epic video that explores biblical narratives while reconstructing the pioneering spirit of the Zionist movement, using hundreds of kibbutz members to enact and create the video.
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Over the past two years, Oded has been crafting video works that interpret Biblical stories through their connection to contemporary reality. There is Nothing New (EnKhadash) will depict the massive efforts of an entire society to rescue a person whose parachute is caught in electrical wires in a desolate open field. Inspired by an early short story by Amos Oz and the Parasha of the Golden Calf, this video work will reconstruct the community spirit of the Kibbutz drawing from the ideas of Zionist ideology and Jewish pioneering.  Oded’s work connects ancient Jewish texts and more contemporary Israeli literature to emphasize the contemporary relevance of these founding texts to Jewish and Israeli society.  This project will be the most ambitious and powerful work in a series drawing from these larger themes.

Photographer and video artist Oded Hirsch was born on Kibbutz Afikim in the Jordan Valley and currently lives and works in Queens, NY.  Oded’s work is centered on the effects of the ideologies of collective and individual behaviors. He works primarily in video and photography and creates surreal mechanisms that consist of an independent set of rules and logic.  He holds degrees from the Pratt Institute in New York, and the Academy of Design in Israel.  Solo exhibitions include shows at EDS Galeria, Mexico City in 2010 and Ramat-Gan Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2008 . Selected group exhibitions include The Jewish Museum in Munich, Queens Museum of Art, Black and White Gallery, NY, Nurtureart Gallery, NY and Lesley Heller Workspace, NY.

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