Author Archives: zev

Artwork for What Really Happened

Posted on November 10, 2023 by zev

Since there is a lack of visual material for most of my family history, I will be making works of art to fill the gap, animating some of them.

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What Real Happened – An Enquiry into My Family History and Lore

Posted on October 10, 2023 by zev

I’ve been working mainly on my art, film and food project The Art and Politics of Eating http://theartandpoliticsofeating.com since 2008. A year or two ago, however, I quite suddenly became interested in delving into my family history, and after about … Continue reading →

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The Art and Politics of Painting

Posted on February 28, 2021 by zev

A new documentary project about the history of art, linking painting, the artist and the social context in which it was made. Continue reading →

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Vermeer’s Imagination

Posted on June 27, 2018 by zev

as I’m not currently working on any food and sustainability related documentary at present – though more are on the horizon – I now have a window of opportunity to start one on Vermeer that I’ve been thinking about for quite a while. Continue reading →

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Art and Ego: Rembrandt and Hirst

Posted on March 30, 2015 by zev

Later on, Vermeer would make extraordinary universes out of small rooms in the provincial town of Delft, but Rembrandt needed to leave his native Leiden for Amsterdam in order to drape his sitters in exotic costumes and enjoy the worldly … Continue reading →

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Unstuck in Time

Posted on February 24, 2015 by zev

He sits there lifesize or perhaps larger-than-life, still frozen almost 50 years later, with the vacant stare of a witness struck dumb and nothing at all like the numerous small reproductions seen so often in books and magazines. Don McCullin … Continue reading →

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The Art and Politics of Eating – Proposal for an Exhibition on and with Food

Posted on June 30, 2014 by zev

The Art and Politics of Eating – Proposal for an Exhibition on and with Food Since 2008, I’ve been directing a series of documentaries on the relationship between food, wine, agriculture and sustainability in Spain which have screened internationally, followed … Continue reading →

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Arribes: This Is Also The Future

Posted on June 14, 2013 by zev

How exotic to see a pig being cut open with its intestines still hot and steamy. The smell cannot penetrate the screen, but anyone who has witnessed a pig slaughter knows how thick and warm it is, blending in with the stench of scorched skin. How awful to see a knife stuck in the pig’s throat, bleeding into a bucket to be used for blood sausages, and then its innards being pulled out. Continue reading →

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Arribes: el resto es barullo

Posted on May 14, 2013 by zev

Siempre he vivido en grandes ciudades, donde compraba en tiendas o supermercados la comida o cualquier otro producto. Aparte de si era ecológica o no, si llevaba demasiados aditivos, sal o azúcar, nunca le presté demasiada atención, como la mayoría de los urbanitas, ajenos a la experiencia de cómo y de dónde proviene la comida. En España, el padre de mi mujer todavía trabaja sus viñedos a pesar de una artritis producida por muchos años de duro esfuerzo en el campo, un campo ingrato donde el granizo o una helada temprana pueden hacer peligrar la cosecha a punto de recoger. Recuerdo comprar una botella de vino en Londres y pararme a pensar en lo poco sabía qué hay detrás de esa botella y lo que cuesta elaborar ese vino. Continue reading →

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Arribes: Everything else is noise

Posted on August 16, 2012 by zev

Just a quick update on my upcoming Arribes documentary. I’m working hard on editing it and the plan is for it to be ready for for a screening in London in November, and maybe even in NYC at the end … Continue reading →

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