Abstract
<em>Displaced: Raida Adon’s Strangeness</em> </a>presents Raida Adon’s first solo exhibition in the United States and first museum show outside of Israel. Born into a multi-faith Palestinian family in the bi-national city of Acre, Israel, Raida Adon is an acclaimed multi-media artist, television, theater and film actress, and director.</p><p>Her 2018 video <em>Strangeness</em>, prominently featured in this exhibition, invokes experiences of displacement, as well as enduring journeys in search of Home. Interweaving a rich array of archetypal, historical, and biographical threads, <em>Strangeness</em> creates riveting audiovisual fabrics, which reflect human fragility and resilience, agony and hope. The work unveils harsh truths about our broken world through the prism of Adon’s unique, unbridled imagination.</p><p> </p><p>Watch the trailer for <em>Strangeness</em></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/205040478" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(140, 34, 135);"><img src="https://www.brandeis.edu/rose/exhibitions/2022/raida-adon-images/adon-trailer-coverimage.jpg" alt="Trailer for Raida Adon's "Strangeness""></a></p><p>
</p><p>Raida Adon, <em>Strangeness</em>, 2018. Digital video, 33:30 min., Trailer. Courtesy of the artist. </p><p> </p><p><em>Displaced</em> is curated by Dr. Gannit Ankori, Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator, with significant contributions by Anna Kovacs, Deputy Director of Collections and Exhibitions.</p><p>This exhibition and Adon’s related live performance and residency are generously supported by <a href="https://artis.art/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(140, 34, 135);">Artis</a>, by Jolie Schwab ’78 and David Hodes ’77, and by Brandeis University co-sponsors: the <a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/israel-center/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(140, 34, 135);">Schusterman Center for Israel Studies</a>, the <a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/fine-arts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(140, 34, 135);">Department of Fine Arts</a>, and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund.</p>