The Shpilman Institute for Photography and The Holon Mediatheque (Israel) are proud to announce The SIP Re/View # 2: W.G. Sebald, an interdisciplinary event dedicated to the works of noted German writer and scholar, whose work continues to resonate in contemporary art and culture.

The SIP Re/View # 2 will take place on March 5, 2012. The evening will begin with a panel of local artists and writers: visual artist and writer  Zvi Goldstein, psychoanalyst, artist and art-critic Itamar Levi and The SIP’s research manager, Dr. Romi Mikulinsky will, present three perspectives about Sebald’s evocative use of images and photography as vehicle to convey and distort meaning.

The event will feature keynote speaker Grant Gee, acclaimed documentary film-maker and director of Patience (After Sebald). This multi-layered film is narrated through a walk through coastal East Anglia whilst tracking Sebald’s  The Rings of Saturn. Gee will host an open debate with the public, following a screening of the film.

The event will also present a temporary library, focusing not only on Sebald’s work, but also on contemporary reactions in art, culture and literature, featuring the works and writings of international creative forces. As well as history and architecture books, special photography books and art manuscripts will be presented at the mediatheque during the first weeks of March.

The SIP Re/View #1 focused on the work of photography pioneer, artist and theoretician Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. The event took place in Tel Aviv, during summer 2010 featuring artist Jan Tichy and Prof. Louis Kaplan.

We invite you to join us for yet another fascinating examination of an exceptional creative force and a vital source of inspiration for both photography, art and literature.

Entrance is free – please RSVP: tammy@thesip.org