Effacement 4 - Ein Hod M.J.

Effacement 4 - Ein Hod M.J.

Effacement 4 - Ein Hod M.J.
is part of a 6 part-series based on an original ball-pen drawing by Marcel Janco from 1960, which I found and bought at an Antique market in Tel Aviv, some time ago.
I photographed it first and then used the photoshop tool of "eraser" to make the depicted village of Ein Hod "disappear" in five stages of increasing "eraser" activity, each resulting in a separate photograph,The image I chose for the Celeste Prize is no.4 , one before the complete "disappearance " of the depicted village in Janco's drawing, in reference to the historic events in 1948.

It is equally a statement about the historic context of artifacts as well as a metaphoric intervention emphasizing what is covered up by the original drawing.

This is what Wikipedia says about Ein Hod:
The village is situated on a hillside amidst olive groves, with a view of the Mediterranean Sea and a twelfth-century Crusader fortress. Prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Ein Hod was the site of the Palestinian village of Ein Hawd. Most of the Arab inhabitants were displaced as a result of the war but some remained in the area and settled nearby, forming a new village, also by the name of Ein Hawd. Ein Hod became an artists' colony in 1953.
The well-known Dada artist Marcel Janco was one of its founders.

Has been liked by 6

Comments 4

Andrea Morein
11 years ago
Andrea Morein Artist
thanx for the comments, dear Catherine and Aeneas!!
Aeneas  MacRae
11 years ago
Aeneas MacRae Artist
awesome work
celestino sebastiao
11 years ago
i do love it very much
Cat
11 years ago
Cat Photographer
Bonne chance !

Say something

You must login or Sign Up to write a comment Join