STILL STAR
STILL STAR
A performance-installation work spanning a room inhabited by the body of a faded star.
The figure of Elvis – mythical, familiar, echoing through endless reproductions – becomes a self-portrait. At the same time, this portrait gazes back at itself, multiplied and worn out.
Several Elvises share the stage.Elusive reflections of a single image.
When the doors open and light seeps in, the star stands up and performs, despite everything, worn but radiant.
An imitation of an imitation of an imitation, like a record played to exhaustion, reveals the gap between icon and man, between glory and fracture, between the desire to appear – and the need to disappear.
Credits
Direction and Writing Avigayil Rose
Sound Yoel Peled, Yoni Vel, Hype Williams, Desdel Barro
Lighting Eden Dolev
Still Photography Eden Degani
Video Sivan Eyal
Set Design Avigayil Rose, Omer Blumenfeld
Production Yael Lesovoy
Technical Team Aviv Souter, Nitzan Shafran, Yahli Noam Brody, Shira Sofer, Yoni Vel, Peryel khalekasa
Performers Avigayil Rose, Moksha Maya Kashani, Hadar Asa Polanski
Thank you to the teachers who helped me, held my hand when I needed it, and generously shared their vast knowledge — Nir Shauloff and Nava Frenkel.
Thank you to the wonderful artist Maya Landsman for her amazing advice.
A big thank you to Yoel Peled for our insightful, friendly conversations and for creating moving sound with me.
Thank you to Maya Schiff for her help and guidance.
Thanks to my dear friend, photographer Eden Dgani, for the photographs presented in the show and for our collaborative friendship.
Thank you to my best friend Omer Blumenfeld, who I can always count on and who has supported every work I did in this school.
Thank you to my producer, Yael Lesovoy, who knows how to hold so much with delicate strength.
Thank you to Eden Mendesflhor, who always has something wise and calming to say, and to
Ihab Farouk — the most amazing man with the most generous heart.
Thanks to my incredible technical team.
Thank you to the performer and my friend who’s been on a long journey with me — Moksha Maya kashani.
Thank you to the other great performer, Hadar Assa Polanski, for such patience and friendship.
Thank you to Eden Dolev for the beautiful lighting, dedication, and care.
Thanks to Yoni Vel for creating beautiful sounds.
Thank you to Ariel Snapiri and kostia bilik for generously providing the essential Elvis suits.
Thank you to my class, who have been with me all these years, special thanks to Aviv Souter and Nitzan Shafran for their help and friendship.
Thank you to my sister Kayla, who grows through hardship and inspires me.
And of course, thank you to my mother, who supports me, holds my hand, and always finds something beautiful to say about everything I do.
