poster by: Dani Williamson

Breath Cycles: Day and Night

Artists

Ilan Barkani
Bar Eran
Laila Mazal Yenishen
Maya Pennington
Dani Williamson
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Avigail Sfez
Dorin Amitzur
Yael Sady
Maayan Tsadka

Tickets

suggested donation: 30 nis

Venue

Beit Hagefen Gallery, Haifa

Date/Time

12 September 2024
20:00 – 23:00

Breath Cycles Day and Night is a long-form, site-specific performance event of improvisation-based musical and performative works written and performed by Ptilia Ensemble in collaboration with performance initiatives by other local artists. The content of the works focus on deep listening practices established by American composer Pauline Oliveros, in which we intently study the sounds of the locale both within and outside Beit Hagefen and use those impressions as material for site-specific works which we create for the space. Joining Ensemble Ptilia (Dani Williamson, Ilan Barkani, Maya Pennington, Bar Eran, and Laila Mazal Yennishen) are local guest artists Avigail Sfez, Dorin Amitzur, Maayan Tsadka, and Yael Sady. Together we drift between the many corners and spaces within the Beit Hagefen gallery to perform a stream-of-consciousness event whose sounds and movements will take place throughout different rooms within the gallery.

 

Program

Stairwell Meditations by Laila Mazal Yenishen

field recordings by Ptilia Ensemble

water prologue  by Maya Pennington and Dani Williamson

Stand in the Corner and Think about What You’ve Done (Ani Yeled Tov) by Dani Williamson

Wait Silently by Ilan Barkani

The events are taking place as part of ” Slalom – Haifa Cultural Activities” with the support of the Haifa Municipality Culture Department, the Haifa Boston Representative Office, the Hadrim Foundation and Beit Hagafen.