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Dani Karavan at the Weizmann Institute | Guided tour, discussion, and cinematic portrait
To mark three years since the passing of environmental artist and sculptor Dani Karavan (1930-2021), recipient of the Israel Prize for Sculpture in 1977, who created some 80 environmental sculptures in Israel and around the world, including the Weizmann Institute of Science campus, a guided art event featuring two of his works on campus, a talk on humanism, human rights and public art, and a screening of a cinematic portrait of the artist.
10:00 'Monument in memory of the victims of the Holocaust' | Memorial Plaza at the Weizmann Estate
Guided tour in the northern square of the Weizmann Estate.
Duration: approx. 20 minutes.
11:00 'From the tree of knowledge to the tree of life' | Clore Dormitories
Guided tour at the Clore student dormitories, near the main entrance to the Weizmann Institute of Science. Duration: approx. 20 minutes
11:45 Karavan, humanism and public art | Michael Sela Auditorium
A symposium with film clips and a discussion about Karavan’s unique artistic movement, on the drama of the refugee, Karavan's tribute to the philosopher and cultural researcher, Walter Benjamin, and the connection between humanism and art in the public sphere.
Approx. 50 minutes, in the Michael Sela Auditorium.
12:30 Dani Karavan | The film by Barak Heymann, Michael Sela Auditorium
Dani Karavan was almost 90 years old when he set out on an emotional and political journey during which his complex and tumultuous character was revealed. The film 'Dani Karavan' behaves just like the man and the artist – simple and complex at the same time, emotional and intimate but far from melodramatic, full of pain but also saturated with humor, passion and joy of life. Barak Heymann's film, “High Maintenance” winner of the Best Editing award at the Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature Film at the Jozi Film Festival in South Africa, Best Documentary at the Israeli Film Festival in Paris, and dozens of commendations at other festivals around the world.
Israel 2020, 66 minutes, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Arabic, in the Michael Sela Auditorium
