Musrara, the Naggar School of Art and Society, Jerusalem, exhibition presents fragments of the graduation project of Shaul Dahan.
As an educational institution for art studies, Musrara constantly strives to find new approaches and concepts in the fields of art, and allows each student to develop and specialize practically and conceptually according to their inclinations, personal and professional abilities.
Shaul Dahan, a student of the Artistic Research Program at the Department of New Music, presents in his own unique voice the work Structural Neurosis – a sound installation dealing with the compulsive and neurotic behavior that is an integral part of confession ceremonies and prayers, and the believer’s experience of devotion. The repetitiveness, built into the text itself, is becoming compulsive when it meets a believer who repeats and confesses a foregone failure. This leads to an ecstatic feeling on one hand and neurotic behavior on the other.
The work creates a worship space that expresses the inherent compulsive behavior and the annihilation of the self in the face of divinity. The work uses generative and forced sound systems created in Max MSP and modular for ambisonic speakers.
Dahan’s research on obsessive compulsive neurosis is based on his personal experience as part of the Ultra-Orthodox community, alongside his work with the construction and creation of repetitive sound systems.
The work combines prayers and spiritual rituals of multicultural optimism.
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Structural Neurosis
Shaul Dahan (IL)
Structural Neurosis is a sound installation that explores the compulsive and neurotic behaviors inherent in confession ceremonies and prayers, as well as the believer’s experience of devotion. It creates a worship space that expresses the inherent compulsive behavior and the annihilation of the self in the presence of divinity. The piece utilizes generative and controlled…
Musrara, the Naggar School of Art and Society, Jerusalem (IL)
The school prepares students for professional and artistic advancement. Its core departments are Photography, New Media Art, New Music, Visual Communication and Phototherapy. The school offers students three- to four-year multidisciplinary tracks. Musrara is committed to creating social change via the power of art. With this in mind, it runs various empowerment projects for underserved communities, workshops, international art galleries, greenhouse and residency programs for artistic activism and the Musrara Mix Festival.
Credits
Creator: Shaul Dahan / Development Support and Artistic Escort: Amir Meir, Dr. Yoni Niv, Amir Bolzman / Musrara, the Naggar School of Art and Society, Jerusalem / Les Amies de Musrara, France