Exhibitions

Mike Brant is still considered one of the most successful Israeli singers of all time, and an international Israeli legend. In his short career abroad, he recorded dozens of songs that conquered the hit parades, was featured on the front covers of hundreds of magazines, and performed for tens of thousands of fans.
Although Brant’s international career flourished, in Israel he sank initially between Arik Einstein and Yigal Bashan, between Sipurei Poogy of the Kaveret group and Sof Onat Hatapuzim of the Tammuz rock band. He never made it into the canon of Israeli music and entertainment. That said, there has never been an Israeli singer, either before or since Brant, who has attracted as much adulation after his death. Almost five decades since his tragic demise, his albums and songs continue to be sold in large numbers, both in Israel and abroad. Ultimately, in the local context, he can be said to have secured his place in the pantheon of Israeli music.

The clusters of abandoned-sealed and ruined buildings are like monuments in the urban landscape - reminders of historical turning points in Haifa's narrative. The city is a collection of buildings with a story, a puzzle of textures that allow for a complex reading of its history and the forces that shaped its unique form. The book and the exhibition Lower Haifa trace a complex urban portrait at a specific point in time. This collection of photographs raises questions regarding the city, its history, its politics, and its future. The layer revealed to us in the photographs will also eventually come to be covered by another layer and will be transformed over the years.