JERUSALEM [Hebr. Yerushalim] [Arab. Al Quds] – 2003/2013
A captivating performance on multiple screens about one of the most complex cities in the world.
10 years after recording for the first performance about Jerusalem, BERLIN revisits the holy city. Former interviewees are contacted, images are put together, a discussion is done over. Old and new images are edited into a film on multiple screens with live music. What has changed the most over 10 years time? The city or the people? Do cities change when people change?
The names of the political leaders may have altered, but the conflict keeps on transcending the region. Israëlis ruled by the fear of attack. Palestinians condemned to live as second-class citizens. This serves as the backdrop to the typical daily life of a metropolis: discos, bars, markets, building projects, artists, parties, etc. All fault lines converge in this navel of the world.
press quotes
'Jerusalem portrays reality as it is: ambiguous, fleeting and elusive.' – De Standaard
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Jerusalem


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Credits
Concept | Bart Baele, Yves Degryse |
Soundtrack | Peter Van Laerhoven |
Cello | Katelijn Van Kerckhoven, Tine Hubrechts |
Oud | Tristan Driessens, Ewoud Huygens |
Guitar / saz | Peter Van Laerhoven | Percussion | Eric Thielemans |
Interviews | Yves Degryse | Sound mixing | Peter Van Laerhoven |
Photography | Bart Baele, Luk Sponselee |
Editing | Geert De Vleesschauwer, Lotte De Troyer, Bart Baele |
Construction scenery | Manu Siebens, Jef De Cremer |
Sound recording | Tom De With, Toon Meuris, Robrecht Ghesquière, Maarten Moesen |
Technical coordination | Robrecht Ghesquière | Stagecraft | Jef Loots |
Production & communication | Laura Fierens | Costumes | Kim Troubleyn |
General coordination | Natalie Schrauwen | Stage photography | Gaël Maleux |
Financial manager | Kurt Lannoye | Translation Arabic | Majd Khalifeh, Zakaria El Houbba |
Intern postproduction | Heleen De Boever | Driver | Nour Siam |
With | Rabbi Mike Swirsky, Maia Sigal Lesiau, Meir Shalev, Rabbi Daniël Epstein, Mahmoud Salamat, Wajeeh Nusseibeh, Father Angelo Ison, Omar al‐Nady, Sheik Muhamad Husain, Munir Nusseibeh, Ziad Alaraj, Micha Kurz, Greg Myre, Laith Youssef, Sari Nusseibeh, Suzanne & Max Singer |
Coproduction | TEMPS D’IMAGES / CENTQUATRE [Paris FR], PACT ZOLLVEREIN [Essen DE], La Comédie de Valence [FR] - Centre dramatique national Drôme Ardèche et Le Lux - Scène nationale de Valence, SPIELART Festival/Münchner Kammerspiele [München DE] |
With support of | the Flemish Government | Berlin is | associated artist to CENTQUATRE - Paris [FR] |
Press
- / NL / StampMedia, Laura Sear, 12.11.2014 [interview] (10.74 MB)
- / NL / De Wereld Morgen, Liza Noteris, 13.09.2014 [interview] (82.80 KB)
- / NL / De Standaard, Wouter Hillaert, 13.09.2013 [recensie] (107.54 KB)
- / NL / Knack Focus, Els Van Steenberghe, 06.06.2013 [recensie] (8.28 MB)
- / NL / Het Nieuwsblad, Elisabeth Lucie, 27.05.2013 [recensie] (80.41 KB)
- / NL / Cobra, 21.05.2013 [interview] (194.13 KB)