Eitan Steinberg & Etty BenZaken
Etty BenZaken:
Books, Theater works, Art works, Sound works and more
Books
The Box of Voices
Asseys of a Multi-disciplniary artist
תיבת הקולות
מסות של אמנית רב-תחומית
2019
Hakibbutz Hameuchad Ltd.
Hebrew readers can read an excerpt at the publishers' website >>
What's Written Above
מה שכתוב למעלה
2004
Sifriyat Poalim – Hakibbutz Hameuchad Ltd.
"A spectacular novel... A rare story-telling abundance... One of the most beautiful Israeli novels of 2004." Yedi'ot Aharonot
The Empress Card
בואי, נשמתי, שמעי את הסיפור על קלף הקיסרית
1998
Sifriyat Poalim – Hakibbutz Hameuchad Ltd.
"A unique, special novel... Ben-Zaken conveys emotions in an intense, powerful way." Yedi'ot Aharonot
Theater (directing, design, texts)
Search Expedition 220
2019
Chamber opera (50 min.,) with Etty BenZaken's stage directing, stage design, fabric art works and editing of the multi-lingual text. Music by Eitan Steinberg.
The Merry Fishermen's Island
2012
Children play (Hebrew and Arabic, 55 min.) with Etty BenZaken's text, stage directing, stage design, costume and props design. Created for BenZaken's Jewish & Arab students at the University of Haifa.
Fabrics' Stories
2011
Music-Theater (Hebrew and Arabic, 60 min.) with Etty BenZaken's text (based on folk tales), stage directing, stage design,fabric art work and props. Created for BenZaken's Jewish & Arab students at the University of Haifa.
Naturale
2007
Visual theater scene for one actress (20 min.) with Etty BenZaken's stage design, stage directing and masks.
Music by Luciano Berio.
The Fool
2007
Music-Theater for a singer-actress, viola and percussion (English, 30 min.) with Etth BenZaken's text, stage directing and stage design. Music by Eitan Steinberg.
The Fool who Loved Singing
2006
Music-Theater for a singer-actress, a dancer, narrator and 7 instruments (Hebrew & English, 30 min.) with Etty BenZaken's text, stage directing and stage design.
Stabat Mater - a Human Prayer
2004
Music-Theater for singer-actress, string quartet and a sound track (English, Arabic, Hebrew, Ladino, Latin, 30 min.) with Etty BenZaken's text, stage design, stage directing and lfabric art work.
Music by Eitan Steinberg
The Sultan is Pregnant
2002
Music-Theater for a singer-actress and ensemble (English, Hebrew, Arabic, 30 min.) with Etty BenZaken's text, stage directing, stage and props design.
Music by Eitan Steinberg.
Princess of Five Faces
1995
Music-Theater for a singer-actress and ensemblr (Hebrew, English, 30 min.) with Etty BenZaken's stage directing, stage design, masks adesign, text (inspired by "Dictionary of the Khazars" by Milorad Pavic).
Music by Eitan Steinberg
Visual art works (selection)
Incantation
2020
BenZaken's video-art (script, directing, design, fabric art work) with music by eitan Steinberg.
Search Expedition 220
2019
6x4 meters, silk and cotton. BenZaken's large-scale fabric art work for the chamber opera she directed, with music by Eitan Steinberg.
Amulet for the Widening
of the Heart
2015
BenZaken's installation of large-scale fabric art works (3x1 meters each, double-sided, silk) with music by Eitan steinberg.
Fabrics' Stories
2011
4x4 meters, silk and cotton.
BenZaken's Large-scale fabric art work for her Music-Theater show.
Tarot card no. 21
2004
BenZaken's miniature painting for the cover of her second novel, "What's written above"
Stabat Mater – a Human Prayer
2004
6x3.5 meters, silk and cotton.
BenZaken's large-scale fabric art work for her Music-Theater show, with music by Eitan Steinberg.
Tarot card no. 17
2001
BenZaken's miniature painting for the cover of Eitan Steinberg's CD, "Eitan Steinberg – Chamber Works".
Tarot card no. 6
1998
13x13 cm., acrylic on paper.
BenZaken's miniature painting for the cover of her Ladino CD on New Albion Records.
Tarot card no. 3
1998
7.5x12.5 cm., acrylic on wood.
BenZaken's miniature painting for the cover of her first novel, "The Empress Card".
Vocal works, Sound works (selection)
2020 - Mark After Mark
Sound installation (30 minutes) in a dialogue with art works by artist Gary Goldstein, accompaning his exhibution at Neve Schechter Art Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2019 - Vocal sound work
Sound installation (32 minutes) in a dialogue with art works by artist Adva Drori, accompaning her art exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Kiryat-Tivon.
2016 - The Tub
BenZaken's vocal work for voice and soundtrack (4 minutes)
2016 - A Tale Of A Man Who Is Searching For Place
For voice, soundtrack and audience (4 minutes)
Text: fragments by S.Y. Agnon, alongside "The traveler song" (lyrics: David Shimoni, folk melody).
Commissioned by "Israeli Spring" Festival, Hasimta Theater, Tel-Aviv
2016 - Lovers' Talk
For voice and soundtrack (4 minutes)
Text: fragments from stories by S.Y. Agnon, alongside "A Love Song" (lyrics: I. Manger, folk melody).
Commissioned by "Israeli Spring" Festival, Hasimta Theater, Tel-Aviv
2016 - From Apartment To Apartment
For voice and soundtrack (20 minutes)
Text: story by S.Y. Agnon.
Commissioned by "Israeli Spring" Festival, Hasimta Theater, Tel-Aviv
2015 - The Queen Came to the King
Sound installation for an art exhibition by artist Adva Drori.
Premiered at Zadik gallery, Jaffa.
2015 - Bettering a Dream הטבת חלום
Vocal work for voice, tape, and audience (5 minutes)
Text: Etty BenZaken, alongside text from the Talmud
Commissioned by The Israeli Women Composers Forum.
2014 - Working Wonders
For voice and tape, with text from Exodus 15, Song of the Sea.
2009 - Name
Soundtrack for a video-art work by Inga Fonar Cocos.
Commissioned by the Poland-Israel exhibition, Artists House, Tel Aviv.
2008 - From One Place To Another
Voice installation
Text: fragments from S.Y. Agnon works
For the new opening of Agnon's House, Jerusalem.
2007 - A Scroll From A Pre-Writing Era
For voice and soundtrack.
Text: Hadassa Tal
2007 - A Poem From an Unimagined Voyage
For voice and soundtrack,
Text: Riki Daskal, alongside Yiddish folksong.
2006-2015 - Ester - a series of short pieces for two vocalists
Text-Sound works, co-created and co-performed by Etty BenZaken and Anat Pick,
Texts by John Cage, Vito Acconchi and others, and original texts by Anat Pick and Etty BenZaken.
Lectures (selection)
Princesses by the Crib
Lectures about The Ladino folk songs, folk culture and language
Etty Ben-Zaken speaks about the Judeo-Spanish various folk songs genres, about the female voice and the use of charms, about the Ladino language and the way it was preserved by Judeo-Spanish women.
The Voice
A series of 6 lectures about vocal music
Etty Ben-Zaken speaks about the voice as a music instrument. Using DVDs and live examples, BenZaken demonstrates the various vocal techniques used in ethnic, popular, classical and contemporary music.
Folk Children Songs as an inter-cultural bridge
Lecture - workshop
Etty Ben-Zaken guides this lecture-workshop for multi-cultural and inter-cultural groups. She has conducted the workshop to Jewish and Arab students in the DEpartment of Theater, University of Haifa; to Jewish and Arab students in the program "Journey to the Other's Culture" in Hadassa College, Jerusalem; and to theater students at the Tel Aviv University.
Old Nigun in a New World
A series of 6 lectures about ethnic music
Etty Ben-Zaken speaks about ethnic music in Israel and abroad: the way it was preserved, its role in folk rituals and its revival as 'world music.' The lectures are accompanied by DVDs and by Etty's live demonstrations.
Gods, Fairies, Saints, and Internet
A series of 7 lectures about folktales
Etty Ben-Zaken speaks about folktales, their role in culture, and the way they still play it, though in new media. The series is accompanied by films' excerpts and many folktales performed by BenZaken.
Articles
Expected
מסע אישי עם תיאטרון-מוסיקה
A Personal Journey With Music-Theater
Expected in the 4th volume of Peimot - Israeli journal of Music.
2020
הקול הנוכח בכל: עיון בשלושה טקסטים על פרפורמנס קולי נשי
The Voice That is Ever Present - A Study of Three Texts about Women's Vocal Performance
In: Masoret Haya - 33 Essays in Folklore in honor of Prof. Haya Bar-Yitzhak. Pardes Publishing and the University of Haifa.
2017
בעלה של הדרבוקה נסע למכה
"The Drum's Husband Went to Mecca: Children's Folk Songs as Intercultural Bridges" in Dappim Research in Literature, Vered Lev Kenaan, editor, Volume 20, 2017, Haifa: Department of Hebrew and comperative literature, University of Haifa, pp. 277-292.
2014
עתיק ועכשווי, עממי ואישי - סקירה כרונולוגית של הדיאלוג בין חומרים עממיים לבין יצירה עכשווית, ביצירה המשותפת של איתן שטיינברג ואתי בן-זקן
"Old and Contemporary, Folk and Personal - a Chronological Survey of the Dialogue between Folk Materials and Contemporary Works in Eitan Steinberg and Etty BenZaken's Collaborations" in Music and Dance in Time, the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Israel, 2014, pp.41-50.
English version online, pp 41-50 >>
Published alongside Eitan Steinberg's article "Rustles And Whispers From The Past - A Reflection on Inspiration From Folk Materials in "Stabat Mater - A Human Prayer" and "Rava Deravin".
2012
יהודי תורכיה
"Turkey, Jews of", in Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, Raphael Patai, founding editor, Haya Bar-Itzhak, editor (New York: M.E. Sharpe Inc.) 2012.
2009
כוחו של סיפור
"The Power of A Tale - A Survey on The Jubilee Book of Israel Folktales Achive" in Yeda Am - Journal of The Israel Folklore Society, volume XXXIV-XXXV 2009 no. 69-70, pp. 161-166