Architecture of an existential threat

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Architecture of an existential threat

From its foundation in 1948, the state of Israel has felt isolated and under threat from enemies. This collective siege mentality manifests itself with over 1 million public and private shelters, found across the whole country. Israeli law stipulates that every citizen must have access to a shelter that can be sealed in case of an attack with unconventional weapons. The Israelis have integrated these "Armageddon rooms" into their everyday life and transformed them into spaces that look like normal dance studios, bars or temples. For many people in Israel who live with a personal history of exile and persecution, these shelters are the architecture of an existential threat both real and perceived. Adam Reynolds shot the images over the course of three years, from 2013 to 2015. The photographs offer a broad cultural and geographical typology of the shelter spaces by documenting them on either side of the Green Line, throughout Israel and the Occupied Territories, in an effort to offer the broadest survey possible. They straddle the distinct worlds of fine art and reportage. "Working in a country like Israel it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate art from social reality," says Adam Reynolds.

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German
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140

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2017, Edition Lammerhuber
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Edition Notes

"Jüdisches Museum Wien Judenplatz."

Catalog of an exhibition held at Jüdisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, June 7-October 8, 2017.

Parallel text in German, English and Hebrew.

Text in English, German and Hebrew.

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Baden, Österreich

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Dewey Decimal Class
770
Library of Congress
TR647 .R49 2017, TR659

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Pagination
140 pages
Number of pages
140

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26936975M
Internet Archive
architectureofex0000reyn
ISBN 10
390310129X
ISBN 13
9783903101296
OCLC/WorldCat
990287371

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