Grey is a shade which is despised these days. The trend has been the polarization of the world. Things are either black or white, good or evil... there are no middle tones....“you are with us or against us”.
Overnight Arabs became the "big bad wolf".
Two years after the beginning of the Second World War a decree, which was issued on September 1, 1941, forced Jews to wear badges within Germany and Poland. These badges were the yellow Star of David with the word "Jude" ("Jew").
We are not that far from having similar visual labeling for Arabs,”Arab tags”.
This movie was made from a collection of scanned pages taken from old and new sketchbooks.There is no chronological order to the drawings.
No matter what the subject matter is, a figure, a tennis shoe, an optic nerve or a synapse, the theme has always been the same. It is about kids in conflict zones, their aspiration for change, peace and a better future. It deals with issues of identity segregation and paranoia...the war propaganda, the brain washing of the public opinion. It is about the need to bridge the gap, the need to break the mold, the stereotype, the need to change the way we look at each other. The music is the artists first attempt at mixing real and virtual instruments.
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