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Gil & Moti
http://www.gilandmoti.nl
Gil / 1968 Born in Rishon Lezion, Israel
Moti / 1971 Born in Ramat Gan, Israel
Work and live together since 1994, since 1998 based in Rotterdam
Education
1998-2000 M.F.A., Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam / Plymouth University, UK.
1990-94 B.F.A, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Gil)
1993- 97 B.F.A, The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IL, Graduate with Excellence (Moti)
1994 The Slade School of Art, U.C.L, London, UK(Gil)
1996 School of Visual Art, New York, USA (Moti)
Image title:
The Dutch Volunteers: Palestine
, photography & digital print
size 90x120cm
year 2014
In our work, the denial of the boundaries between private and public, performance and social intervention is central. The work often starts small, close to ourselves and rooted in our personal life, but naturally extends to a variety of important socio-political themes such as: gay marriage, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, individualism and identity in contemporary mass society. We effortlessly switch between painting, drawing, interaction, performance, video and installation. As Jewish (ex)Israelis and immigrants living in Europe, we contribute to discourse about being different and about sets of rules that are supposed to regulate social existence.