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LIGHTNESS IN THE BURDEN OF ETERNAL RETURN by Joy B LIGHTNESS IN THE BURDEN OF ETERNAL RETURN
by Joy Bernard

In 2000, choreographer Noa Dar premiered 'Strange', a work combining movement and text in collaboration with actor Gal Zaid and playwright Joseph El-Dror. Twenty-six years later, Dar returns to the work in 'Strange in '26', revisiting old material through the lens of time, memory and experience.

In her latest text for Creative Writing, Joy Bernard reflects on watching a choreographer encounter her own past and asks what happens when artists return to earlier versions of themselves.

Read the full review on Creative Writing.

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Photos by Tamar Lamm

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In Untitled, Addam Yekutieli responds to Ram Loevy In Untitled, Addam Yekutieli responds to Ram Loevy's documentary Close, Closed, Closure (2002) through an acrostic poem, a poetic form in which hidden meanings emerge through structure as much as through language itself.

Returning to Loevy's examination of life under closure, Yekutieli traces the afterlives of violence, memory and inherited histories, asking what remains when conflict becomes routine and language struggles to contain reality.

Read the full text on Creative Writing × ALBI.

With this post, we conclude Ram Loevy Was Right, a series of seven artistic responses to the films of Ram Loevy.

Thank you to all of the artists, writers, readers and collaborators who joined us along the way.

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KANNER STRASSE 43 by Neta Weiner Created in respo KANNER STRASSE 43
by Neta Weiner

Created in response to Barricades by Ram Loevy.

Musician, actor and poet Neta Weiner responds with Kanner Strasse 43, an original audio work created especially for the project.

As part of Ram Loevy Was Right, artists and creators were invited to revisit Ram Loevy's films through the Creative Writing process.

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THE BARRICADES WITHIN THE HEART by Jalal Masarwa THE BARRICADES WITHIN THE HEART
by Jalal Masarwa

Written in response to Barricades by Ram Loevy.

Barricades tells the story of two families, one Jewish and the other Palestinian, who both lost children during Israel's War of Independence, known to Palestinians as the Nakba. Through their grief, the film examines memory, loss and the human cost of conflict.

In his response, writer and actor Jalal Masarwa reflects on the startling proximity between past and present. Revisiting the film in 2026, he encounters voices, accusations and wounds that continue to echo across generations.

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LET'S ASSUME, FOR A MOMENT, THAT GOD EXISTS by Car LET'S ASSUME, FOR A MOMENT, THAT GOD EXISTS
by Carmen Elmakiyes Amos

Written in response to Let's Assume, For a Moment, That God Exists by Ram Loevy.

A non-narrative documentary exploring the space surrounding the filmmaker in central Ramat Gan, the film moves fluidly between staged and fantastical elements and pure documentation, examining the tensions embedded within everyday life.

In her response, photographer and writer Carmen Elmakiyes Amos reflects on authorship, observation and the impossibility of objectivity. If every camera chooses what enters the frame and what remains outside it, where does documentary end and fiction begin?

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THE SEA RECEDED by Ala Dakka Written in response THE SEA RECEDED
by Ala Dakka

Written in response to 'Never Think Twice' by Ram Loevy.

The camera follows the working process behind Nissim Aloni's play 'The Gypsies of Jaffa'. The film explores the creative process and offers a rare documentary insight into Aloni's character.

In his response, writer and actor Ala Dakka uses the film as a point of departure for a reflection on Jaffa, dramaturgy and the stories cities tell about themselves.

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ב׳מוזר ב-26׳ הכוריאוגרפית נעה דר מוצאת קלות בעול החזרה הנצחית

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In this work, Dar demonstrates that good dance may turn its head backward, like Orpheus, but above all it surrenders itself to the present in every lifting of a dancer’s leg and every tossing of her head. It recognizes that “the pure present is the invisible progress of the past gnawing into the future. The truth is that every sensation is already memory,” as philosopher Henri Bergson wrote.Read more

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