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ABSENCE
by Gili Lavy
13’35’’, 2016
Original Format: video installation, R3D color
Presented at lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival 2016
Courtesy of the artist
A suspended atmosphere and a strong sense of tension pervade Gili Lavy’s video installation ABSENCE, in which the protagonists embark on a journey in search of themselves, bearing the weight of an absence that is never revealed.
Gili Lavy (1987, Israel/Great Britain) focuses her research on the relationship between beliefs, religion, and identity.
Lavy’s works have been presented in numerous galleries, museums, biennials, and festivals, including Whitechapel Gallery (London), Epos International Art Festival (Tel Aviv), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Prix Europa (Berlin), Offprint – Tate Britain, Art Dubai, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Unit London, Hongik Film Festival (South Korea), The Dyson Gallery (London), The Center for Contemporary Art TLV, and New Now (Amsterdam).
She won The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund award, which commissioned her to produce Autumn Clouds. This work has been exhibited internationally at events such as Belo Horizonte’s International Biennale of Photography (Brazil), TAUFF Film Festival (Tel Aviv), CAFA Museum of Art (Beijing), and Elia Art Festival (Glasgow).
In 2014, Lavy was awarded the Clore Duffield Foundation Art scholarship for a master’s degree in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art, London.
She was recently selected as one of the five finalists for the Mario Merz Prize in Turin in 2017.
Lavy’s works have been presented in numerous galleries, museums, biennials, and festivals, including Whitechapel Gallery (London), Epos International Art Festival (Tel Aviv), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Prix Europa (Berlin), Offprint – Tate Britain, Art Dubai, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Unit London, Hongik Film Festival (South Korea), The Dyson Gallery (London), The Center for Contemporary Art TLV, and New Now (Amsterdam).
She won The Jerusalem Film and Television Fund award, which commissioned her to produce Autumn Clouds. This work has been exhibited internationally at events such as Belo Horizonte’s International Biennale of Photography (Brazil), TAUFF Film Festival (Tel Aviv), CAFA Museum of Art (Beijing), and Elia Art Festival (Glasgow).
In 2014, Lavy was awarded the Clore Duffield Foundation Art scholarship for a master’s degree in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art, London.
She was recently selected as one of the five finalists for the Mario Merz Prize in Turin in 2017.