Shir Handelsman
http://www.shirhandelsman.com

Shir Handelsman multidisciplinarni je umjetnik rođen 1989. godine. Živi i radi u Tel Avivu. Diplomirao je 2018. na Odsjeku za multidisciplinarnu umjetnost, Shenkar College. Profesionalnu karijeru počeo je kao glazbenik, svirač saksofona i izvođač. Bio je član raznih ansambala i jazz-orkestara te skladao glazbu za kazališne predstave. Nakon odsluženja vojnog roka kao Izvrstan glazbenik (2010.), Shir je počeo studij književnosti i filozofije na Sveučilištu u Tel Avivu, koji završava 2013. s odličnim uspjehom.
Shir je dobitnik Stipendije za izvrsnost Američko-izraelske kulturne zaklade (2018.) i dobitnik nagrade za najbolji ekeperimentalni film Budimpeštanskog neovisnog filmskog festivala (2020). Njegovi radovi izlagani su u galeriji Kunsthal Carlottenborg (Danska), Venecijanskom Arsenalu, na Festivalu kratkog filma Aesthetica (UK), Jeruzalemskom filmskom festivalu, Festivalu videoumjetnosti i eksperimentalnog fiilma (SAD), u Tehničkom muzeju Nikole Tesle (Hrvatska), Galeriji muzeja Bolton (UK), Galeriji tvornice violončela (UK), Prirodoslovnom muzeju Steinhardt (Izrael) i drugdje.

Shir Handelsman is a multidisciplinary artist, born in 1989. He lives and works in Tel Aviv and graduated his BFA studies at the Department of Multidisciplinary Art of Shenkar College in 2018. Shir began his professional career as a musician, a saxophone player, and performer. He participated in various ensembles and jazz orchestras and composed music for theater productions. After completing his military service as an Excelling Musician (2010), Shir began his BA studies in literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University, which he graduated with honors (2013).
Shir is a recipient of Excellence Grant from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (2018) and an Award Winner for Best Experimental Film of Budapest Independent Film Festival, Hungary (2020). His works have been exhibited in Kunsthal Charlottenborg gallery (DK), Arsenale of Venice (IT), Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK), Jerusalem Film Festival (IL), Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (US), The Nikola Tesla Technical Museum (HR), Bolton Museum Gallery (UK), Cello Factory Gallery (UK), The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History (IL) and more.

GRAND PRIX
Shir Handelsman
Recitativ, 2019.
Recitative 2019
video
4' 57

Početna motivacija za stvaranje ovog rada bio je moj pokušaj da stvorim glazbeni spektakl na nebu. Jedno od nadahnuća bilo je Kristovo uzašašće i činjenica da me je privlačilo vizualizirati, kontekstualizirati i protumačiti taj mit i narative kao suvremenu priču smještenu u industrijsko i tehnološko okruženje. Performans se odvija na nebu, a izvođač je protagonist filmskog sna, uhvaćen između života i smrti, neba i zemlje, stvarnosti i fantazije. Djelo postavlja mnoga pitanja: Kako opažamo odnose između estetskog i vjerskog iskustva? Na koje su načine povezani? Postoji li šansa za bogojavljenje i otkrivenje u mehaničkoj eri? Kakav je položaj religije, boga i vjerovanja u trenutnom okruženju.
(iz umjetnikove izjave)

My initial motivation for creating my work was an attempt to create a musical spectacle in the sky. One of my sources of inspiration was the Ascention of Christ, and my attraction to visualize, contextualize and interpret this myth and narrative, as a contemporary story, placed in an industrial and technological enviroment. The performance takes place in the sky, while the performer serves as a protagonist of a cinematic dream, caught in-between life and death, heaven and earth, reality and fantasy. The work raises many questions: How do we perceive the relations between an aesthetic experience and a religious one ? In what ways they are connected ? Is there a chance of epiphany and revelation in a mechanical era ? What is the position of religion, god and belief in this current environment.
(from the artist's statement)