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the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo: Incerteza Viva (Live Uncertainty)

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Michal Helfman
Curator: Jochen Volz
São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
September 6–December 11, 2016
Exhibition Grant

Michal Helfman presented a video-installation entitled Running Out of History at the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, “Incerteza Viva (Live Uncertainty),” curated by Jochen Volz and co-curators Gabi Ngcobo, Júlia Rebouças, Lars Bang Larsen, and Sofía Olascoaga. Helfman’s fictional film is based on two sets of dialogue revolving an Israeli humanitarian aid activist named G, the founder and head of IFA, an NGO known for developing smuggling techniques in countries where local regimes prevent the entry of international aid organizations. During the last four years, the NGO has been smuggling humanitarian aid to the besieged population in Syria. The plot unfolds as one narrative, told through dialogues between Helfman, G, and Rassan, her Syrian partner. The conversation is moderated by two 3D-printed dice bearing the words “We will not forget, We will not forgive.”

Michal Helfman, Running Out of History, 2015–16, single-channel video.

Michal Helfman, Running Out of History, 2015–16, single-channel video.

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