https://yairagmon.com Yair Agmon Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:43:01 +0000 https://yairagmon.com en https://yairagmon.com/Home Fri, 21 May 2021 04:51:45 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Home https://yairagmon.com/Lawn-Tales Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:43:01 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Lawn-Tales LAWN TALES Video essayLawn Tales traces the colonial legacies of lawns in Los Angeles to inquire about the relationship between environmental imaginaries, private property, and documentation.&nbsp; <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0a2f003415c6570db27d4e50ed2f334f8664db5ce12fb6b773e4604a6e5e11e/C0014.jpg" data-mid="219242183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0a2f003415c6570db27d4e50ed2f334f8664db5ce12fb6b773e4604a6e5e11e/C0014.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78123618a13189dab7834c0291e8a41fc1cf7ec2edd933551d6dc1cf46217f57/C0022.jpg" data-mid="219242184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78123618a13189dab7834c0291e8a41fc1cf7ec2edd933551d6dc1cf46217f57/C0022.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a432d531999e2db30a13bbc25d799a2cd191d59818fbe90bfcfcc8098cd8b7d/lawn-tales.jpg" data-mid="219242185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a432d531999e2db30a13bbc25d799a2cd191d59818fbe90bfcfcc8098cd8b7d/lawn-tales.jpg" /> Presented at SVA 2022 as part of VAMP UCLA https://yairagmon.com/Reverse-Shot Fri, 21 May 2021 05:29:50 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Reverse-Shot REVERSE SHOT Photo-Ethnographic Short Essay This photograph was taken by Anthony (AH), a 30 years old man from “Downtown Los Angeles, Hill and Washington, near the Courthouse.” We met at the Home Depot parking lot on Sunset, where he was looking for construction work as a day laborer. I told him I had a photo assignment for a class on photo-ethnography, and asked if he would be willing to take my picture and sign it. Anthony could not care less about the politics of photography I was trying to sardonically remark on, or my intention to assert myself as the subject of the work in an attempt to discuss agency. Instead, he wanted to know the pay. Anthony asked for $60, completely blowing my attempt to achieve some semblance of an hourly rate. He told me his signature is worth something and that has nothing to do with hourly wages. I stood my ground, mostly out of concern for my own depleted bank account balance. Our quick negotiation landed at $30 and we quickly headed to the ATM across the street to withdraw the cash. I gave him the money. Unceremoniously, and with little consideration to framing, light, or composition, he took my picture. We walked together back over Sunset to the parking lot of the Home Depot while we briefly discussed his professional specialization, dry-wall installation. <img width="2475" height="3300" width_o="2475" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7803dc4a950d9e8e15618be53b3e222fb470967e67f612a4d2898583548941ee/reverse-shot.jpg" data-mid="109096446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7803dc4a950d9e8e15618be53b3e222fb470967e67f612a4d2898583548941ee/reverse-shot.jpg" /> https://yairagmon.com/Dissident-Images Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:52:01 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Dissident-Images DISSIDENT&nbsp; IMAGES Exhibition To look back at this archive and witness people, places and events that are unfamiliar is to understand who has been forced out of our shared history. To understand the context in which these images were created, as well as the historical processes that are interwoven into their production and preservation, is to understand that history’s ideology. Dissident images explores the photographs of the famous Matson Collection, mostly produced in the first half of the 20th century in Palestine, to reimaginne the history of Israel. Extended captions are placed next to the photographs to add context and personal reflections.&nbsp; <img width="5000" height="3508" width_o="5000" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a4445ba3d364c4052ee053687db575df9cfffd974afac52870f3ab7b9cfc4e8/unboundrecollections_39_o.jpg" data-mid="108628514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a4445ba3d364c4052ee053687db575df9cfffd974afac52870f3ab7b9cfc4e8/unboundrecollections_39_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2208b0643abc7c51ac6c149d7b7750519995fe7986aab86ff3ba57c8b26c7683/unboundrecollections_80_o.jpg" data-mid="108628515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2208b0643abc7c51ac6c149d7b7750519995fe7986aab86ff3ba57c8b26c7683/unboundrecollections_80_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3336" width_o="5000" height_o="3336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c76239c35996fbbc014bfff53562fba8e9eb8e9d0ab3f0c9e87b9ef7ab25ae6/unboundrecollections_87_o.jpg" data-mid="108628516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c76239c35996fbbc014bfff53562fba8e9eb8e9d0ab3f0c9e87b9ef7ab25ae6/unboundrecollections_87_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3344" width_o="5000" height_o="3344" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cfd0429d115e4bf6639dbc5669565d59c9d643454c42db29b5cd5e8bf42c2b8/unboundrecollections_117_o.jpg" data-mid="108628517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cfd0429d115e4bf6639dbc5669565d59c9d643454c42db29b5cd5e8bf42c2b8/unboundrecollections_117_o.jpg" /> https://yairagmon.com/Start-The-Forgetting-Machine Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:23:20 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Start-The-Forgetting-Machine START THE FORGETTING MACHINE! Film, Installation Start The Forgetting Machine Explores the subjugation of knowledge in photographic archives in Palestine and Israel. The spotlight is turned to both historically and contemporary photographers who are subverting nationalist narratives by producing counter archives. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d19d3c242afc7fb204aaae93fa59b41fc80ddde474e8f1fcedc752240e8ca78e/001_519A8973_o.jpg" data-mid="108628520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d19d3c242afc7fb204aaae93fa59b41fc80ddde474e8f1fcedc752240e8ca78e/001_519A8973_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de72ef0549fab1dc415dec35bbc5c562e03d22b5d37f35372d2b73bfdc4f8632/003-519A8915_o.jpg" data-mid="108628522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de72ef0549fab1dc415dec35bbc5c562e03d22b5d37f35372d2b73bfdc4f8632/003-519A8915_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a6afe8adde824cf7c3a3f34ddaee121b0db6b4653bb75880271f53c0bbc3a46/006_519A8918_o.jpg" data-mid="108628527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a6afe8adde824cf7c3a3f34ddaee121b0db6b4653bb75880271f53c0bbc3a46/006_519A8918_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bdf1941bfffc5249f907b5c647669aad3f991a0f66e13923858532c38dbdd1d/519A8937-Edit_o.jpg" data-mid="108628531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7bdf1941bfffc5249f907b5c647669aad3f991a0f66e13923858532c38dbdd1d/519A8937-Edit_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/989bc4b143cb8195584367e605b2ce13278b20b08c821403bfb9c5a4431d8a56/519A8955_o.jpg" data-mid="108628534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/989bc4b143cb8195584367e605b2ce13278b20b08c821403bfb9c5a4431d8a56/519A8955_o.jpg" /> https://yairagmon.com/Avrushmi Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:51:00 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Avrushmi AVRUSHMI Single Channel Video, HD, 15:48 min "Avrushmi" follows the events of February 10th, 1983 when a grenade was launched at a "Peace Now" rally protesting the Sabra and Shatila massacre and resulting in the death of Emil Grunzweing and the injury of 9 others. The movies attempts to compile a comprehensive image of the events and determine what really happened, whilst understanding it is doomed for an epic failure in the process. Staring: Gadi Tzdaka Cinematography: Dan Bronfeld Sound Design: Gadi Raz Make-Up: Dikla Sharabi<img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67a0a40669f6960618704f6d8e4f05acbdd8e74df85a41a76803c70400eb424d/Video-and-Installation-at-Digital-Art-Center-Holon-1_o.jpg" data-mid="108628550" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67a0a40669f6960618704f6d8e4f05acbdd8e74df85a41a76803c70400eb424d/Video-and-Installation-at-Digital-Art-Center-Holon-1_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5174f0ba1e11d0a6a39f4ca250090fc441587f89bebdbccdb278351c743e7e7d/Video-and-Installation-at-Digital-Art-Center-Holon-2_o.jpg" data-mid="108628551" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5174f0ba1e11d0a6a39f4ca250090fc441587f89bebdbccdb278351c743e7e7d/Video-and-Installation-at-Digital-Art-Center-Holon-2_o.jpg" /> https://yairagmon.com/Arche Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:13:17 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Arche ARCHE Single Channel Video, HD, 8:06 min Arche is a short essay film that follows the single photograph left in the artist’s personal archive. With this starting point, personal belonging as archives, the film tries to enlist the structure of archives to investigate memories. The memories being investigated are those of a trip the artist took with his father to Greece when he was 13. Different forms of disruption to both archive and memories emerge through the film as stock cinematography blends into memories due to lack of material images and as the single photograph can not hold the weight of the experience on it’s banal aesthetics. Arche seeks to replace the value of records in the archives from evidentiary value to interpretive values, placing both focus and critique on the Archon, the holder of information. This act is done through the personification and personalization of an archive as an intimate form. https://yairagmon.com/Have-You-Heard Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:26:24 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Have-You-Heard HAVE YOU HEARD? Single Channel Video, 28:58m, HD and Installation Have You Heard? is a documentary entropy film. It combines past iterations of a film made about The Black Panthers of Israel with new footage and voice over. It attempts to retell the story of the rise and fall of the movement through existing representation.&nbsp; As it disassembles previous works by Nissim Mossek, the official documentuer of the Panthers, it breaks away from him in both narrative and narration, emancipating both director and agenda from the bounds of historical narratives to new readings. Slowly, the elements of the film degenerate, much like the story, characters, and their memory. Participating: Nissim Mossek Directing, Editing: Yair Agmon Camera: Daniel Pakes Original Sound: Orr Sinay <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1b35021b190bc2fdacb799597ccbc42e5e69878104a0008977f76ca27b1f9f0/panthers-poster.jpg" data-mid="108628545" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1b35021b190bc2fdacb799597ccbc42e5e69878104a0008977f76ca27b1f9f0/panthers-poster.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ed02943dce7e3bd9ca156283a409ac303f4ac6d08dfbc82fb94c2bcf643d116/Video-Installation-at-CalArts-MidRes-3.jpg" data-mid="108628549" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ed02943dce7e3bd9ca156283a409ac303f4ac6d08dfbc82fb94c2bcf643d116/Video-Installation-at-CalArts-MidRes-3.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bb9113c4307e8e37a9f2ef874981bc0f63ba9cfb2ebf9d57a5d21dab6cfe62e/Video-Installation-at-CalArts-MidRes-1.jpg" data-mid="108628547" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bb9113c4307e8e37a9f2ef874981bc0f63ba9cfb2ebf9d57a5d21dab6cfe62e/Video-Installation-at-CalArts-MidRes-1.jpg" /> https://yairagmon.com/Memorandum Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:02:57 +0000 Yair Agmon https://yairagmon.com/Memorandum MEMORANDUM&nbsp; Single Channel Video, HD, 5:58 min Memorandum is a short essay film that explores the formal qualities of missing archival information in records from the CoIntelPro action taken against the Black Panther Party and other Leftist organizations by the FBI. Redactions, or Blacking Out as they are professionally referred to in user manuals, are the formal representation of power, excluding information from public knowledge. Memorandum seeks to bring into the question the value of missing information from both the archives and from artistic forms by breaking down the different qualities of these black squares. Installed as a full wall projection it extends its play on blacking out by transforming the projected light into an experience for the audience, as they move between loneliness in the dark to overwhelming brightness.