++++ Born 1970 in Afula, Israel. Lives and works in the Netherlands and Israel. Studied in Jerusalem and New York. School of Visual Art, Computer art department, Master degree 1999. Residency at Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam 2000-2001.

++++ Her characteristic type of visual observance of the everyday life distinguishes the video works of Yael Bartana where she finds a specific rhythm. She takes some very mundane elements of everyday life and locates their specific rhythm by revealing their innate poetics. It could be dramatic or ironical poetics. (Iara Boubnova) ‘TREMBLING TIME was filmed in Tel-Aviv from a highway overpass on Soldiers Memorial Day. It depicts a moment of silence as it is observed in traffic during a cross-country siren. State organised memorials, ceremonies and military events define tradition and shape national identity. They are powerful and therefore dangerous phenomena that perpetuate patterns of loyalty and ignorance. I am interested in the dynamics of the state that prescribes a belief system, and the individual who embraces it.’ (Yael Bartana)

Trembling Time,2001.Video still