“RAPHAEL” IS A WORK WHICH DISCUSS & PRESENTS THE ACT OF PHOTOGRAPHING VERSUS THE ACT OF PERFORMING.
IT IS A “THREE-POINT-SITUATION” (PERFORMER-PHOTOGRAPHER-AUDIENCE) 
AS SEEN FROM DIVERSE POINTS OF VIEW:
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EACH OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT HAS A FUNCTIONAL, SYMBOLIC & GENDER ROLE: 
MISTRESS = DANCE & ACTIONS FOR CAMERA - RAPHAEL MASHILKAR, AUSTRALIA 
ARTIST =  PHOTOGRAPHER & VIDEO-FILM CREATOR - JOSHUA ROZENMAN, HOLLAND 
CURATOR = CONCEPT, TEXT, PERFORMANCE ON STAGE - ANAT PICK, ISRAEL
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“RAPHAEL” IS A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE COMBINING VIDEO-FILM, POETRY & ACTIONS.
THE WORK IS BASED ON AN ALLEGORY ADDRESSING THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE:
ARTIST - CURATOR - OBJECT.
THE THIRD PARTY (THE OBJECT)IS SUBSTITUTED BY THE FIGURE OF A MALE-MISTRESS.
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“THE MISTRESS” IS THE PERFORMER (THE OBSERVED OBJECT, THE VICTIM).
“THE ARTIST” IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER (THE OBSERVER, THE PENETRATING EYE).
“THE CURATOR” IS THE EDUCATED, PATRONIZING AUDIENCE. 
THE CURATOR IS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE EVENT OF ‘PHOTOGRAPHY/ PERFORMANCE’. 
HE PLAYS THE INTERPRETER OF THE (PAST) EVENT. 
AS AN INTERMEDIATE, HE IS THE ONE TO CONFRONTS THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY ON STAGE.

IN THIS WORK THERE ARE 3 STAGES OF PERFORMANCE, EACH PLAYING ON DEFERENT LEVEL OF MORAL ATTITUDE, TIME, SPACE & MEDIUM.

1)  THE ORIGINAL EVENT: PERFORMANCE FOR THE CAMERA-EYE ONLY.
 (A RITUAL: THE SACRIFICE OF THE MALE - MISTRESS).
  
2)  A 2ND DEGREE PERFORMANCE: LIVE PERFORMANCE ON STAGE, 
  DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SCREENING OF THE ORIGINAL FILMED EVENT. 
 (AN ACT-OF-INTERPRETATION).

3)  THE FILM: A DOCUMENTATION OF THE ORIGINAL ACTION + DOCUMENTATION 
   OF THE ACT OF PHOTOGRAPHING IT. 
 (DEFINED AS A “WORK OF ART” ).
 

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