Photography, Identity and the Missing Image: A talk with David Adika, Michael Liani and Karmit Galili

A talk with David Adika, Michael Liani and Karmit Galili at David Adika’s exhibition, ‘Of David. A psalm’. The three will discuss the relationship between photography and identity and the way it is reflected in Adika’s and Liani’s body of work.

David Adika (1970) was born in Jerusalem. He lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Adika is a photographer, artist, and Head of the Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem. Adika’s work focuses on the visual and cultural facets of the local Middle Eastern space as a microcosm that reflects his social and family identity. His photographic corpus contains representations of various still life and portraits. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad.

Michael Liani (1987) was born in Migdal HaEmek. He lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Liani is a multidisciplinary artist, graduated with honors from Bezalel’s master’s degree in arts. Liani creates from a rich inner view, in his photographs and installations he strives to work with and from human behaviors. Liani’s works move on the axis between center and periphery, gender and media aesthetics. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions.

Karmit Galili Director and Curator of Magasin III Jaffa.