Please Behave Naturally
Adi Kaplan and Shahar Carmel
2016
Three short stories
Three graphic stories that take place in Tel Aviv. The strange and painful contradictions of the Israeli psyche are revealed by these subtle and discerning artists, defining contemporary Israel as they perceive it: weak, violent and magically wild.
- Copies: 1000
- Pages: 144
- Type of binding: hardcover
- Dimensions (cm): 22.5X30.5
- Reproductions: Adi Kaplan & Shahar Carmel
- Printing: Hauzer print, Givataim
- Binding: Hauzer print Givataim
- Type of printing: Offset
- Publication: Lev Afor
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- Supported by: Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts
Lev Afor—Adi Kaplan, born in Ein Hahoresh in 1967 and Shahar Carmel, born in Tel Aviv in 1958, are graduates of the Kalisher Academy of Painting. They have been living and working together in Tel Aviv since 1994. They are engaged in writing and painting, creating comic books and graphic novels, short films, sketches, pictorial and musical performances and shows that combine all of these. Over the last 14 years, they have focused on writing, drawing and publishing graphic novels under the name “Lev Afor” [lit. Gray Heart]. The books deal with their personal experiences and immediate environment, and aim to show a more general picture of life in Tel Aviv, Israel, today.
