Duration: 10 Minutes
By definition, folk dance reflects local folklore, through bodily gestures associated with local ways of life. In Israel, the sight of security guards inspecting citizens at checkposts has become routine: an unfamiliar hand penetrating a private bag; metal detectors scanning intimate body parts; or citizens required to take their clothes off. I use these elements to transform such physical inspections into a new aesthetic language, creating a new folk dance - an up-to-date version of Israeli folklore. In the work I expose my I.D., my notes, my prayer, my money, my drivers license, my wife, my son and my daughter and after being exposed they become: our I.D., our notes, our prayer, our money, our drivers license, our wife, our son and our daughter.
