Photo: Uri Rubinstein
SITE-SPESIFIC WORKS
STAGE WORKS
LIVE ART WORKS
VIDEO WORKS
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I am an Israeli performance artist whose artistic journey within this medium started in
1997, as a member of the British international collaborative performance group
‘The people Show’ (1997-2004). Since then, I have been passionately devising
collaborative & solo works, mainly in the field of Audience Participation
& Site-Specificity art.
As a Co-Artistic Director of A2 Company (1999-2015), I collaborated with artist Anton Mirto & presented performance-based work in London (The Royal Opera House Studio, ICA, The Place, BAC Theatre), In Europe (Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Dortmund,
Ljubljana, Tuscany) & in Israel.
Through constructing intimate & interactive situations, I interrogate & examine the human psychological experience in modern society & the way we relate to one another & to our surroundings.
Steered by my personal experience, the works explore in various forms
universal tabus: intimacy, powerlessness, isolation, loneliness, relationships,
fears and dreams.
Though the working method has constantly been evolving with each piece,
the starting point is always the same: time, space, people - specific.
And the content is always: life - the here and now, to deepen awareness as a motivator for social change.
The work involves integration across art forms (live art, participation, audio guiding), for which I find new emotive vocabularies & relationships between the performers & the spectators while retaining the realness & randomness of a live performance event.
Being interested in the hidden aspects of our psychological beings, enthused to reveal the layers that exist under the social masks, I search for moments of empathy & emotional identification between strangers.
Therefore, I create platforms of intimacy, encouraging a non-judgmental way of seeing & listening to one another in a shared, safe environment, in which, each individual can express their fears & hopes.
In some performances I engage the audience & create interaction between strangers, sometimes local people with no artistic experience are included, providing them with a platform for self-expression, blurring boundaries between
life & art, exposing the sublime within the mundane.
Through playful questioning exchanges & guidance, I encourage the audience to take responsibility for their choices, look inward & reflect on places where we are blind, silent, or ignored; Thus, the practice is driven by the prospect of meeting one another & ultimately, re-meeting ourselves.
bio
Alit Kreiz is a performance Artist, Creator & Lecturer.
Born in London, UK.
Lives & works in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aviv, Israel.
Education
B.Ed. FA (Theatre directing & Education) / Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts, Tel Aviv 2016.
Nissan Nativ Acting Studio, Tel Aviv 1989-1991.
Live Performance Works: London. Israel
London
!997-2004 The People Show Company – a creative member & performer in this renowned interdisciplinary
performance group, established in 1969.
1999-2015 A2 Company – a co–artistic director & creator.
The performance works created by A2 Company were designed to explore original, poetic & emotional
paths of interpersonal communication, in order to create empathy & solidarity.
A2 Company presented performance work in London (ICA Gallery, Royal Opera House- Studio, The Place,
Tate Modern, BAC Theatre), Paris (Parc de la Villette), Barcelona (CCCA), Vienna (WUK) ,Dortmund,
Ljubljana (City of Women Festival), Tuscany (Tenuta Dello Scompiglio), Jerusalem (Yafo 23 Gallery, Bezalel).
Israel
The creation of Site-Specific - Live & Audio Participatory works.
2023, A Forest’s Tune, a Participatory Audio Tour, Hulda Forest,
a collaboration with Hillie Wurtman Moyal & Yifat Ziv (30 mins).
2023, Anonymous, a one-to-one Live Wandering, Tel Aviv Museum for Modern Arts,
group exhibition ‘Imagine a Museum’, curated by Ruti Direktor (30 mins).
2021, Imagine Yourself, a Participatory Audio work, Petach Tikvah Museum for Modern Arts,
group exhibition ‘The Way We Survive’, curated by Irena Gordon (30 mins).
2020, Exercising Observation, a Participatory Audio Tour, The Messila Park, Jerusalem,
Menofim Festival. A co-creation with Hillie Wurtman (30 mins).
2020, Artist in Space, an Audio Participatory work, H’miffal Cultural Centre, Jerusalem.
Commissioned by Jerusalem Fund (10 mins).
2020, You Have Arrived Just in Time, a Participatory Audio work, the seamline between East and West
Jerusalem, Feel Beit (10 mins).
2020, Less Alone City, a Participatory Urban Wandering, including live performers & an audio device.
Gindi Square, Tel Aviv (45 mins).
Supported by The Lottery Foundation, Ministry of Cultural/Independent Creators foundation,
Rabinovitch Foundation.
2020, Human Face, a Participatory Audio Tour / the x-Pussicat Strip Club/ The Social Space,
Tel Aviv (30 mins).
2019, I Still Have a Dream, an Interactive Site-Specific Performance including 15 youths,
Israel Festival/’Night Shift’ (30 mins).
2018, Hello & Goodbye, a Participatory Interactive Audio work for 2 strangers in a hotel room,
Loving Art- Doing Art festival & in 2015, Mekudeshet Festival, Jerusalem (15 mins).
2017-2018, I Would Like to Say Sorry, a Participatory Audio work at Bikur-Holim Hospital’s rooftop,
Mekudeshet Festival, Jerusalem (30 mins).
2017, Movement Notation, a Guided Urban Wandering, B-Tour Festival, Lod (45 mins).
Supported by the Lottery Foundation- Special Outdoors Projects.
2017, Registered Impression, a Live Drawing Interactive Performance, The Night Lumiere Festival,
a collaboration with Shlomit Goldfinger (60 mins).
2016, Please Do, Please Do Not, a Participatory Performance, Haifa Museum of Modern Art,
a collaboration with Michal Dvir (30 mins).
2015, The Woman at the 3rd Row, a Participatory Performance, The Voice of a Word Festival,
Hazira Centre for Performing Arts (30 mins).
2014, Contracts, a Community Participation & Site Specific Performance, The Voice of a Word Festival, Hazira
Centre for Performing Arts, a collaboration with Sharon Gabai (30 mins).
2013, What We See from Here, Can’t be Seen from There, a Site-Specific Performance,
Tel Aviv Town Hall & Rabin Sq, The Site Specific Festival (50 mins).
2012, Q, a Site Specific Participatory Performance, Tel Aviv Town Hall, The Site Specific Festival (50 mins).
Auto Biographical Solo/Ensemble works
The Autobiographical, Solo & Ensemble works explore personal themes: identity, Femininity, Motherhood,
Intimacy, Relationships, Belonging & usually involve Audience Participation.
2023, Model, an Ensemble Stage Performance including 4 Female Performers, Habait Theatre (60 mins).
2017-2021, Empty Room, a Solo Participatory Performance, Feel Beit (2021), Tmuna Theatre (2020),
Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art (2018), South Festival (2018), A-Ganre Festival (2017) (60 mins).
2019, Subliminal, a Solo Participatory Performance, A-Genre Festival, Tmuna Theatre,
a collaboration with Nir Erez (30 mins).
2016, My Name is Luca – Re- Enactment , a Solo Performance, Tmuna Theatre (30 mins).
2013, If I were Hedda Gabler, a Solo Participatory Performance, Tmuna Theatre, a collaboration with
Shlomo Liberman (60 mins).
2013, Hey Britney, a Solo Interactive Performance, Tmuna Theatre.
a collaboration with Yair Vardi (30 mins).
2007, My name is Luca, a Solo Performance with my 3-month-old Baby Luca, A-Genre Festival,
Tmuna Theatre (30 mins).
2007, 15 mins from Now, a Duo Performance on 9th-month pregnancy, A-Genre Festival, Tmuna Theatre,
a collaboration with Michal Dvir (15 mins).
2006, I would Like to Say Sorry, a Live & Audio Performance, A-Genre Festival, Tmuna Theatre,
a collaboration with Odelia More Matalon (20 mins).
Video Arts
2022, Wide Window, Liebling Haus, IN House Art Gallery Sweden,
a collaboration with Lila Chitayat, (8 mins loop).
2018, Fragments, ‘Online’ Festival, Hazira Centre for Performing Arts,
a collaboration with Oded Levi (5 mins).
Participation in other Artists’ works
2021-2022, The Archivist, a Site Specific Solo Performance, Gnazim Archive-Beit Ariela,
written & directed by Daniel Cohen Levi, Itim Ensemble.
2013-2022, The Opposite of Alive, a Site Specific Audio Tour, Hazira Centre for Performing Arts,
created by Michal Vaknin & Ilanit Ben Yaakov.
2016-2018, The Books We Remember, an Interactive Performance, Mekudeshet Festival,
created by Renana Raz.
2016, Confession, an Interactive Performance, Mekudeshet Festival,
created by Michal Vaknin & Dafna Kron.
2014-2015, Sperminology, an Interactive Performance, Tmuna Theatre Tel Aviv, Stockholms, Oslo,
created by Dafna Zilberg.
2014, The Best of Our Intention, an Interactive Performance, Petach Tikvah Museum,
created by Einat Amir.
2013, Off Stage, Akko Festival, created by Ran Bechor, Prize Award for originality.
2012, Private View, Tmuna Theatre, created by Nitzan Cohen.
Funding Awards
2022, Lottery Foundation, Original Performance Works, Model, a performance stage work.
2022, Ministry of Culture, Model, a performance stage work.
2020, Jerusalem Foundation, Artist in Space, H’miffal – a Cultural Centre/Jerusalem,
a Site-Specific Audio Work.
2020, Ministry of Culture, Independent Artists’ Fund, Less Alone City, Gindi Sq, Tel Aviv,
a Site-Specific Interactive Work.
2020, The Lottery Foundation, Original Performance Works, Less Alone City, Gindi Sq, Tel Aviv,
a Site-Specific Interactive Work.
2020, Rabinovich Foundation, Less Alone City, a Site Specific Interactive Work, Gindi Sq, Tel Aviv.
2017, Lottery foundation, Site Specific Works, Movement Notation, a Site Specific Live work, Lod.
2010, Best Actress Award, Jerusalem Film Festival, On The 3rd Day, a feature film, directed by Moshe Ivgi.
Artistic Management
2022, Tzomet Lev / Jerusalem Season of Culture,
an outdoor multicultural & multidisciplinary artistic event.
a collaboration with Tami Itzchaki.
Artistic Advisory
2022, Hakron Theatre, including 5 Site Specific Performance works.
2020, Aim to Touch Festival, Nissan Nativ Acting Studio, including 5 performance works.
Residencies
2022-2023, Neve Schechter, Tel Aviv (18 Months).
2022, Liebling house, Tel Aviv (6 Months).
2021, I.I.i, Island of Inspiration, (Artists & Scientists), Neot Smadar (5 days).
2015, Tenuta Dello Scompigllio, Tuscany (20 days).
2005, Parc De la Villette, Paris (3 months).
Teaching Performance Art
2018-to date, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art.
2018-to date, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts, Be.d FA degree.
2020-to date, Nissan Nativ Acting Studio.
2020-to date, H -Garage, a Multidisciplinary Arts Learning Center for students with mental difficulties.
2014-2018, Ankori Studio, a High School for Arts Studies,
2017, 2018, Sapir Art College (Selected Workshops).
2012-2013, Minshar Art College, Theatre Department.
2010-2011, The Engine School for Performing Art, Performance Art Department.