Author: Mushon

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To whom does the land belong?

This video is taken from a public debate between Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Dr. Israel Eldad and Dr. Menachem Brinker in 1980.

In the 50:40 minute an Israeli farmer asking what should he tell the Ismaili (apparently referring to the Biblical term used in the debate by members from the right portraying the Palestinians as the arch-enemies of the Jews in Biblical Israel/Palestine friend), who works in his farm and asks him:

“This land that you’re working, I sat in just 30 years ago… In a friendly manner he says that… How can you explain the fact you are working it now? And sometimes, with my labor… You hire me and my friends, to work for you on the land that belongs to me.”

The Israeli farmer continues…

“What will I explain to that Arab, which I want to live with in peace, that I want to reach the day in which he will think of me as a friend and will not think bad thoughts about me.”

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Fail Gracefully

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The following is an essay I wrote together with Florian Schmitt (hi-res.net) for the Offf 2009 festival in Lisbon. Florian and I will also host a panel on Saturday, May 9th with Aaron Koblin, PES, and Joshua Davis, to discuss the ‘Fail Gracefully’ theme. Come say hi!

Fail Gracefully

Intro

We fail. We all do, and our failures often say more about us than our successes do. But we hide failure, we are ashamed of it and we often just deny it altogether. For almost a decade the Offf festival have featured successful digital creators in design and experimental sound and have celebrated the cutting edge of digital aesthetics. This year, we shed some light on the dark side of success and discover the dynamics and aesthetics of failure. Continue reading “Fail Gracefully”

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עזה בקריאייטיב קומונס – חומר אינקלוסיבי מאל-ג’זירה

ערוץ החדשות הפאן-ערבי אשר (יחד עם אל-ערבייה) בניגוד לכל רשת חדשות אחרת מחזיק סניף פעיל בעזה בימים אלה החליט לשחרר את כל החומר המצולם שלו מעזה תחת הרשיון המתירני קריאייטיב-קומונז, כולל האפשרות לשנות, לערוך ולהפיץ מחדש גם בערוצים מסחריים. התחנה המואשמת לרוב על ידינו כספקית תקשורת מוטה ואנטי-ישראלית, משחררת את השליטה מהחומר המצולם. אני לא … Continue reading עזה בקריאייטיב קומונס – חומר אינקלוסיבי מאל-ג’זירה

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ShiftSpace Commissions Program

ShiftSpace Commissions 10 grants of up to $2000, deadline: Feb 25th [ — Please circulate widely between your friends, peers, students, blogs and lists — ] November 5, 2007 Turbulence Commission: “The ShiftSpace Commissions Program” by Dan Phiffer and Mushon Zer-Aviv http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace Turbulence has commissioned ShiftSpace and now ShiftSpace commissions you. Ten development grants of … Continue reading ShiftSpace Commissions Program

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The Trap – What happened to our dreams of freedom?

If you are students of mine in my Parsons class, please refer to our new class blog Part I: [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372545413887273321[/googlevideo] Part II: [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7849982478877371384[/googlevideo] Part III: 1 of 3 [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3291992041130722257[/googlevideo] 2 of 3 [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-121006630030775636[/googlevideo] 3 of 3 [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1343199130780182696[/googlevideo] Continue reading The Trap – What happened to our dreams of freedom?