In Ad De’Lo Yoda (Until He Didn’t Know), Bartana recorded scenes from the Purim festival, in which the Jewish community celebrates its historical rescue from annihilation at the hands of the Persians. We see a parade of people dressed in biblical costumes through the crack in a door; the observer’s perspective is aligned with that of a young boy whose back is visible in the foreground. The video is viewed through a shaftlike construction, positioning the viewer as an outsider--a voyeuristic gaze--while, through their participation in a ritual, those in the parade are shown as a closed community.
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