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Artist: Shulman Track: Zero Degrees Album: Random Thoughts Genre: Electronica / Psychedelic / Experimental Label: Aleph Zero Records Release Date: 2006

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* This is the first of what would hopefully become a weekly post in which I will introduce one music track I liked by one Israeli artist. Oneg Shabbat is a Jewish term meaning the Joy of Sabbath, as Jews use this day to rest and spend time with the family. Devout Jews should probably not listen to this track on Shabbat, as using electricity is forbidden.

** This is another way to break the bitch-to-praise post ratio of my blog by decreasing the number of posts which feature some form of me complaining about something. The first corrective measure was using only two categories to sort my posts: positive and negative.

I was very honored when the producers of the Machol Shalem Dance Festival asked me to create a video work exclusively for the event, and created a video installation consisting of seven different monitors, mixing 1940’s American instructional films, with electronic downtempo music as soundtrack.

The festival was held in the Gerard Behar Centre, Jerusalem, Israel and consisted of three evenings (November 14-16, 2006) of modern dance.

You can view the work in two versions - just the videos:

and the actual installation set-up: