Published
Cuba, Love Story
Long-form series
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography and moving image
- Location
- Cuba
Masculinity, militarism and desire.
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Archive · Volume 06
Archive
Projects, fragments, books, films, prints and notes
A living index of Kobi Israel's photographic, moving-image, printed and autobiographical archive.
Final archive image to be selected by artist
Introduction
A Map of the Work
The archive gathers bodies of work, image sequences, moving-image fragments, books, print records, writings, exhibitions and research materials into one connected structure. It is both a record of completed works and a space for unfinished memories, future projects and returning questions.
Final artist-approved archive introduction to be supplied
Categories
Archive Categories
- Image · 01
Photography Projects
Still-image projects across the archive.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 02
Moving Image Works
Films, video works and visual diaries.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 03
Limited Edition Prints
Signed editioned works by inquiry.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 04
Books and Publications
Artist books, catalogues and PDFs.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 05
Texts and Essays
Writing connected to the work.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 06
Exhibitions
Solo and group exhibition record.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 07
Press and Publications
Selected press, features and interviews.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 08
Archive Notes
Poetic, autobiographical and conceptual notes.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 09
Sound and Music
Voice, music and soundtrack works.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 10
Current Projects
Work in progress and forthcoming.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 11
Personal Mythology
Recurring motifs across the work.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen → - Image · 12
Research Materials
Bibliography, image licensing, study notes.
Entries · To be confirmedOpen →
Project Index
Project Index
Archive
River of Three Crossings
Crossings series
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Landscape, biography and remembered self.
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Fragments of Life
Diaristic series
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography and archive
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Daily life, intimacy and ordinary light.
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Intimate Strangers
Portrait series
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Portrait photography
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Brief encounters: men met, watched, photographed.
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Views
Window typology
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Windows, thresholds, interior weather.
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Parisian Postcards
City letters
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography
- Location
- Paris
Letters in image form from a city of strangers.
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Investigating Things Past
Autobiographical archive
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography and archive
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Childhood, exile, recollection.
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A Chaos of Appearances
Video assemblage
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Video art
- Location
- Multiple
Unstable theatre of remembered appearance.
View Project →Work in Progress
Still & Moving Diaries
Ongoing diaries
- Year
- Ongoing
- Medium
- Photography and moving image
- Location
- Multiple
Photographs becoming rhythm and time.
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Military / Masculinity Archive
Working archive
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography and archive
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Uniforms, gestures, trained male bodies.
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Soho / Urban Encounters
Night cartography
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography
- Location
- London — Soho
Queer cartographies of the night city.
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Portraits and Bodies
Portrait series
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Portrait photography
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Bodies — desired, observed, remembered.
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Landscapes and Exile
Landscape series
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Photography
- Location
- Location to be confirmed
Landscapes carrying biography and exile.
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Personal Archive Films
Family + working archive
- Year
- Ongoing
- Medium
- Mixed film and video
- Location
- Studio archive
Family footage and working notes.
View Project →Work in Progress
Music / Sound Works
Sound, voice, music
- Year
- Years to be confirmed
- Medium
- Sound and moving image
- Location
- Studio
Sound and music alongside moving image.
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Current Archive Projects
Studio archive
- Year
- Ongoing
- Medium
- Mixed
- Location
- Studio archive
Working archive in development.
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Suggested Pathways
- Begin →Pathway
For Collectors
Limited edition prints, selected works, provenance and collector inquiry.
- Begin →Pathway
For Curators
CV, exhibitions, moving image, professional materials and institutional inquiry.
- Begin →Pathway
For Researchers
Archive notes, texts, bibliography and project records.
- Begin →Pathway
For Viewers
Selected projects, still works, moving images, books and artist statement.
- Begin →Pathway
For Publishers
Books, PDFs, image licensing notes, press kit and contact form.
Notes
Archive Notes
- Memory
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Desire
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Masculinity
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Exile
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Travel
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Military
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Bodies
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Cities
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Landscape
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Queer Codes
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Family
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Childhood
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Silence
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Fragments
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead → - Self As Witness
Short note excerpt to be supplied by artist.
Date to be confirmedRead →
Library
Research Library
No real files are linked until supplied by the artist. Access by inquiry.
- PDF · to be supplied
Artist Biography
Long-form biography for press and curator use.
- PDF · to be supplied
Full CV
Complete artist CV.
- PDF · to be supplied
Selected Works PDF
Curated portfolio.
- ZIP / PDF · to be supplied
Press Kit
Press kit (biography, statement, images).
- PDF · to be supplied
Books and Publications List
Books and publications summary.
- PDF · to be supplied
Exhibition History
Selected solo + group exhibitions.
- PDF · to be supplied
Image Licensing Notes
Editorial and academic licensing.
- PDF · to be supplied
Film and Moving Image Notes
Technical and curatorial notes for moving-image works.
- PDF · to be supplied
Limited Edition Print Information
Editions, sizes, papers, signatures.
- PDF · to be supplied
Bibliography
Selected references.
- PDF · to be supplied
Interview Archive
Selected interviews.
- PDF · to be supplied
Press Archive
Selected press features.
Timeline
Archive Timeline
- Years to be confirmed
Cuba, Love Story
projectPhotography and moving image · CubaMasculinity, militarism and desire.
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River of Three Crossings
exhibitionPhotography · Location to be confirmedLandscape, biography and remembered self.
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Fragments of Life
publicationPhotography and archive · Location to be confirmedDaily life, intimacy and ordinary light.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
Intimate Strangers
personal archivePortrait photography · Location to be confirmedBrief encounters: men met, watched, photographed.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
Views
projectPhotography · Location to be confirmedWindows, thresholds, interior weather.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
Parisian Postcards
exhibitionPhotography · ParisLetters in image form from a city of strangers.
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Investigating Things Past
publicationPhotography and archive · Location to be confirmedChildhood, exile, recollection.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
A Chaos of Appearances
personal archiveVideo art · MultipleUnstable theatre of remembered appearance.
View Project → - Ongoing
Still & Moving Diaries
projectPhotography and moving image · MultiplePhotographs becoming rhythm and time.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
Military / Masculinity Archive
exhibitionPhotography and archive · Location to be confirmedUniforms, gestures, trained male bodies.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
Soho / Urban Encounters
publicationPhotography · London — SohoQueer cartographies of the night city.
View Project → - Years to be confirmed
Portraits and Bodies
personal archivePortrait photography · Location to be confirmedBodies — desired, observed, remembered.
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Motifs
Personal Mythology
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Masks
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Bodies
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Soldiers
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Rooms
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Borders
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Lovers
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Strangers
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Cities
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Water
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Childhood
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Desire
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Exile
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Memory
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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Performance
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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The Witness
A recurring motif across the photographic and moving-image archive.
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