Research exhibition by Adi Englman

"The music of this record was stimulated by the theory and practice of biofeedback. It is aimed at creating a calm, relaxed, meditative mood associated with alpha brain wave."

(From the record cover)

More than forty years have passed since Ami Shavit's experimental electronic album was produced by him in an independent production. And his charm has not faded. The 35-minute work continues to draw in the minds of its listeners longed-for landscapes and as then, even today, listeners long for peace, tranquility and peace like those hidden in the imaginary curves of the electronic pieces of landscape that Shavit successfully created.

Ami Shavit (born in Tel Aviv in 1934; lives with his wife in Ein Hod) became known in the 1960s and 1970s as the leading representative of the kinetic sculpture movement in Israel. After the Yom Kippur War, in which he served as an operations officer, there was a turning point in his art. He abandoned the kinetic art with which he was identified and began experimenting with various modes of creation based on advanced technologies. In Alpha Mood, which was at the center of this research exhibition, was created in Shavit's studio

/ future later - and perhaps following - the experiences he experienced during the difficult war. Of the many pieces of music he has produced, In Alpha Mood is the only electronic work that has matured into a real album. Following the digitization of the vinyl record and its accessibility on the net, and following the production of a new edition of the historic album on the leading label Finders Keepers, it has gained renewed interest among the world of electronic music lovers in recent years.

The research that was at the heart of the exhibition first surveyed the background to the creation of the unique album, and tried to crack the magic secret of the work often created out of pragmatic decisions, with the intention of positively influencing its audience.

In Alpha Mood by Ami Shavit: Electronic Music from 1977 is the fourth in a series of studies by Marcel to promote art and culture that focuses in each chapter on a significant and groundbreaking work in modern and experimental art in Israel. It was preceded by: Danny Karavan: Shai Shalom Jerusalem (Knesset Wall) from 1966; Danny Karavan: Negev Monument, 1962-1968; Bnei Efrat: Experimental films from the 1970s.

The exhibition was first presented at the Musrara-Mix Festival 2019 in

Jerusalem (May-June 2019).

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 Opening: 21.09.2019

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Panel discussion as part of the exhibition "In Alpha Mode by Ami Shavit: Electronic Music from 1977"

11/7/2019
As part of the weekend "Love Art. Do Art." At the initiative of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality

Featuring:

Ruth Direktor, Contemporary Art Curator, Tel Aviv Museum of Art - On Israeli Art and the Trauma of the Yom Kippur War
Prof. Ilan Kotz, psychiatrist - on new methods of treating post-trauma
Hemda Rosenbaum, editor and translator of the series "Masterpieces in Modern Art in Israel" published by Marcel - on electronic music: general historical background, fluctuations and trends up to "In Alpha Mood" by Ami Shavit
The artist Eitan Ben Moshe - on the art of the new age
And in the presence of the artist Ami Shavit

The discussion was held on the occasion of the publication of the new study "In Alpha Mode by Ami Shavit: Electronic Music from 1977" by Adi Englman (edited and translated into English: Hemda Rosenbaum; Arabic translation: Nawaf Atamna), with the support of the Lottery Council for Culture and the Arts and the Ministry of Culture.