Call & Response occupies that open, inquisitive, generous place when pronouncements are offered, but conclusions not yet drawn. It usually entails participation by New School faculty and for a set period invites commentaries by visitors to the site.
CALL: Roee Rosen / RESPONSE: Vyjayanthi Rao
Prompted by Israel’s invasion of Gaza in January 2009, the following text by artist Roee Rosen and the response by anthropologist Vyjayanthi Rao examine the public articulation of conflict, specifically the military acts in the current Israeli Palestinian conflict. Rosen…
Posted on September 20, 2009
RESPONSE: Joshua Simon, Salmon with Mayonnaise
Joshua Simon is a curator and writer based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. He is the co-editor of Maayan Magazine for Poetry and The New & Bad Art Magazine and editor of Maarvon – New Film Magazine, all based in Tel Aviv. Among his…
Posted on December 2, 2009
CALL: Roee Rosen
1. The Comic Mode of the Occupation
The name of Israel’s recent war in Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, was taken from a Hanukkah nursery song that Israeli children know by heart. It was penned decades ago by Chaim Nahman Bialik who…
Posted on September 20, 2009
