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להאמין Believe إرتياء

Every year we hold an art project at a unique site in the city, which seeks to raise deep issues related to Jerusalem. This year's main event will take place at Mount Zion and will present a rich tapestry of beliefs, cultures and narratives that have existed together for thousands of years in that complicated place which is sacred for the three religions. "Believe" invites the audience to experience Mount Zion through wandering between buildings and sites, and to witness the deep connections between faith and art in one of the most fascinating places in the world, through unique works and performances created for it. Guided tours of the exhibition will take place on a daily basis.

18.07, 19.07, 20.07

Photo by: Noam Amir

Opening performance – The Great Gehenna Choir at the Dormition Church

The opening night of the exhibition “Believe” will feature a concert by the Great Gehenna Choir in the Dormition Abbey.

09.07

Debriefing Session

A one-on-one meeting with a Public Movement Agent staged in a secret room within KW, Berlin. During this intimate encounter, the agent unfolds Public Movement’s research about modern art made in Palestine before 1948, and its absence from the Israeli narrative.

11.07, 13.07

The Mixer

Three gatherings of music and spirit, raising many questions, and examining our ability to imagine today's tomorrow. Come with dedication and willingness – to listen, participate and especially open up. All the performances will take place on the stunning roof of the Art Cube Artists' Studios in Talpyiot.

11.07, 12.07, 13.07

The Mixer | “Devotion” – the Blind Orchestra rolls down an invisible path

A variety of gifted musicians who for one evening choose to devote themselves to the depths of blindness. Yael Deckelbaum, Jenny Penkin, Alon Neuman, Eyal Talmudi, Dor Levin, Yair “Nabi” Bar-Maoz, Nahdi Lazar and Dov “Balu” Rosen.

11.07

The Mixer | “In Partner” – an exposed performance for an equilateral triad

Ruth Dolores Weiss, Yehu Yaron and Ella Ronen, three songwriters, offer a meeting that is a new creature - a hybrid between a performance, a workshop and an open rehearsal; An exposed performance, where everyone sits together as people, without any separation, and creates music together

12.07

The Mixer | “Pictures at an Exhibition” – musical paintings and open questions about undefined thoughts

The international jazz band Shalosh will be joined by the colorful musicians Maya Belsitzman, Daniella Turgeman, Rebel Sun and Tula Ben Ari, and together with them we will embark on a journey between images that might have not yet been created or are already embedded in our collective consciousness for entire generations.

13.07

'4 Fantasies and a Monkey' by Yossi Berg & Oded Graf, photo: Vojtěch Brtnický

Elements

Stage performances and exhibitions converge. With the Elements selection you can visit contemporary art galleries throughout the city and experience dance pieces, performance art, experimental music, choir concerts and more. All of these will combine into a diverse, multifaceted and multi-recipient prayer, which believes in different forms of action that are based on the aspiration for goodness and shared existence.

10.07, 11.07, 12.07, 13.07

Elements | Motus Tardus

A dialogical performance between sound, man and machine – musician and sound technician Ehud Lax will create a series of real-time sound interventions in the installation "Body of Time" created by artist Michael Shilo (curator: Avital Wechsler). The installation, made of mechanical parts and sensory motors, will respond to surprising signals and sounds which will breathe new life into it and discover what it is that time and sound record in the body of the machine.

10.07

Photo By: Vered Hadad

Elements | So that the Skies will Join

A Performance at A Studio of Her Own which will take form in collaboration with the audience. 2D and 3D pieces will accumulate, next to which the artists will explore, share and tell personal stories that will provide a glimpse of their relationship; a relationship of friendship, creativity and mutual inspiration.

10.07

Thalia Hoffman, A Man-Made Tale (detail), 2024, Video, 51 min, Photography: Ran Moncaz

Elements | Fields

at the Ticho House magical garden, several musicians will join for an improvised concert, and will together create a sonic space and animate the “playing forest”, introducing other instruments into it.

10.07

Photo by: Keren Rosenberg

Elements | Whispers for the Soul

Meditative, healing vocal performance at the Jerusalem Print Workshop, that combines Lullabies from across the globe with soothing, caressing song. During the performance, the audience Lies down on mats and mattresses, for an optimally relaxing experience.

10.07

Photo by: Yair Meyuhas

Elements | At Night I Am Everybody

A cast of diverse identities, in tribute to that which is shared by and connects everybody. The piece asks what is a shared movement? How can all those present in the room feel and sense together, without adjusting and looking the same as each other? at Hansen House

11.07

Elements | Between Poetry and Dance

The performance will deal with relationships, between people and between different artistic media, and will examine how we can make the best of both the kiss and the fist. at Koresh 14

11.07

Photo by: Hadar Porat

Elements | Scary Clothes from Jerusalem

On the stair of Marie gallery, and with a soundtrack that will be played live by a veteran Jerusalem street musician, a performative fashion show by the designer Yishai Leissner will be held, departing from outside the gallery towards the staircase and gathering at the inner courtyard.

11.07

Photo by: Goni Riskin

Elements | Nico Teen

Nostalgia, deconstruction and pop music in the exhibition "Girls Just Wanna" at The New Gallery Artists Studios Teddy

12.07

Photo by: Jonathan Omer Mizrahi

Elements | Horizon

A collaborative performance by Jonathan Omer Mizrahi and Avital Geva, in which they join forces in front of an audience, in painting and text which center around questions regarding tradition and the possibility of a shared vision. at the Art Cube Artists Studios

12.07

'4 Fantasies and a Monkey' by Yossi Berg & Oded Graf, photo: Vojtěch Brtnický

Elements | 4 Fantasies and a Monkey

We meet in order to be together, to examine ourselves being a multitude, being a body, to imagine, to create worlds, and to remind each other of the possibility of escaping the dullness of everyday life. at Davidov Auto Center next to Art cube artists studio.

12.07

Photo by: Tal Galon

Elements | Peace Prayer Concert

At a time of war and loss, the concert seeks to channel the power of music and its abilities, and especially the pureness of Renaissance- and Baroque-era vocal music, in order to build human connections and bring about comfort and consolation.

13.07

Photo by: Dor Kedmi

Manofim Tours

Manofim Tours, our festival tour program, will continue its activity with this year’s edition, which will present an extended format adding even more excursions than before to make sure you will not miss the vast array of exhibitions that the festival and Jerusalem have to offer.

11.07, 12.07, 13.07

A Journey Across the Skies – The Bilingual Children’s Club

The festival's bilingual kids club is back! A weekend full of creativity on the most beautiful roof in the industrial area in Talpiot!