Conference Opening: Film Screening, at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94720

Reception

Film Screenings and Discussion

“Women in Sink/Hafifa” (2015, 36 minutes)

“The Women’s Balcony” (2016, 96 minutes)

Q and A with filmmakers Iris Zaki and Emil Ben Shimon

Moderator: Ilana Szobel

Conversations in the Arts

Breakfast at The Bancroft Hotel

2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

Panel I: The State of the Arts in Israel

Scholars will explore and discuss many of the current exciting creators in the Israeli arts scene and the ways in which they are addressing topical social and political questions through their art. Art highlights social themes in specific ways and through specific forms; the lenses of art can allow viewers and participants to experience critical issues in Israeli society in new ways. The speakers will provide scholarly overviews of “the state of the arts” in the visual arts, in music, in theatre, drama, and performance studies.

Panelists will include Sharon Aronson-Lehavi, Motti Regev, and Gannit Ankori.

Moderator: Francesco Spagnolo

Coffee Break

Panel II: Roundtable: Israel Between Cultures and Identities

This round table includes several participating artists – working in different genres from music to theatre to visual culture – talking together with a moderator about the intersection of multiple cultures in Israel, with one another and with diverse artistic mediums. How do the artists shape and perceive Israeli and other identities through their art forms, and where do they draw/express the boundaries of Israeliness (and otherness)?

With Yair Dalal, Iris Zaki, Eyal Weiser, Ibrahim Miari, Raafat Hattab

Moderator: Ben Brinner

Lunch

Panel III: Artist/Scholar Discussion: Eyal Weiser with Sharon Aronson-Lehavi

Coffee Break

Panel IV: Roundtable: Performing Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in Israel

This round table includes several participating artists – working in different genres from music to theatre to visual culture – talking together with a moderator about the intersections of religion, gender and sexuality in Israel, both with one/ another and with diverse artistic mediums. How do the artists grapple with these themes in their work?

With Iris Zaki, Nelly Agassi, Elad Schechter, Emil Ben Shimon, Raafat Hattab

Moderators: Merav Singer and Noam Gil

Israeli Artists in Performance, at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Dinner Reception

Performances

Yair Dalal
c.a.t.a.m.o.n dance troupe
Ibrahim Miari

Continued Conversations in Arts and Technology

Breakfast at Berkeley Law (Goldberg Room)

Boalt Hall, 215 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94720

Panel V: Artist/Scholar Conversation: Nelly Agassi with Gannit Ankori

Coffee Break

Panel VI: Roundtable: Artists at the Intersection of Art and Technology

With Eran Hadas, Elad Schechter, Iris Zaki, Nitzan Lederman

Moderator: Ken Goldberg

Screening of Artist Videos

Lunch

Conference Closing