Button Camera
Dana Arieli
2022
The artist book "Button Camera" is based on a text written by Dana Arieli. It was published by a group of researchers and artists who was active at the Van Leer Institute during 2016-2019. The book was done with a combination between photomontage and various textiles. In the process of working on the book the artist has focused mainly on the story of her grandmother who immigrated to Israel in the beginning of the 1930's from Poland.
- Copies: 1
- Pages: 58
- Dimensions (cm): 40x30
- Reproductions: Ran Erde
- Publication: Self publication
- Place of publication: Jerusaelm
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
Professor Dana Arieli is a researcher and a photographer. Arieli’s research deals with the interrelations between Art and Politics in both Totalitarian and Democratic political systems. She has completed her Ph.d. at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and studied Photography in Camera Obscura and Bazelel. Between 2012 and 2018 Arieli served as the Dean of Design Faculty at HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, where she is teaching today. Between 2004-2012 she served as the head of the History and Theory Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. She wrote a collection and published dozens of books and articles. She recently won a commendation from the Kipa Award.
