Opening: 20th March 2014
This exhibition of The Musrara Collection showcases the multi facet reality of the children who grew up in Musrara neighborhood in the 50’s & the 60’s. It is a journey through private family albums and elementary schools alumni photos, as well as rare photos from their lives in Morocco and Algeria. The exhibit is a product of active participation of the residents of Musrara neighborhood.
The Musrara Collection project is an alternative visual archive of Musrara neighborhood. It aims to document the unique diversity, history and the culture of the neighborhood. The project focuses on the period following the establishment of the state - days of massive immigration of newcomers, mainly from North Africa, into the neighborhood, until the70's, with the eruption of social protest, led by the "Black Panthers" movement.
In our process we collect personal stories, testimonies, recordings and photographs, alongside official documents of the period. This confrontation of narratives provides a vibrant portrait of the neighborhood: customs, memories of long journeys, the pains of settling in a new ground, development and maturity in the shade of the political situation and social hardships. The archive does not suffice in collecting and presenting materials, but insists on approaching the archive with an artistic adaptation.
Curator: Avi Dabach | Producer: Keren Rosenberg