Dov Or-Ner

"PHARAVIZIA" VIDEO ART 1980

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The video above is titled Pharavizia, which follows artist Dov Or-Ner from a kibbutz to an art gallery in Tel Aviv, where he feeds and milks a cow while a TV set next to him broadcasts regular programming. The kibbutz symbolizes the ideal of Zionist socialism, which is juxtaposed with television, a symbol of individualism and capitalism. This is one of the catalysts of Or-Ner's work and has been regarded by many to be one of his most definitive and symbolic pieces.