Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky's powerful new installation offers a unique chronicle of lives rarely seen and voices seldom heard. Comprised of a series of individual journeys, and shot using stop-motion animation that captures the landscape frame by frame, the work is presented on three large double-sided walls. Road Movie is the result of year-long travels-with passage through segregated West Bank roads, during which the artists met a cross-section of people living in the region. An episodic odyssey through haunting landscapes, Road Movie also features an evocative soundscape created by acclaimed audio artist Anna Friz.

Opening reception: Sat. Sept 10 6-9pm

Artisis' talks: Sun. Sept 11 & Sun Sept 18 at 2-4pm

Rebranding, that trendy buzzword for an image makeover, popped up in the brouhaha over a series of Israeli films at the Toronto International Film Festival. The cinematic salute to Tel Aviv, which marked the debut of TIFF’s new City to City program, was another success in the Brand Israel campaign begun several years ago.

The strategic rationale behind the rebranding initiative was spelled out by Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Ido Aharoni when the campaign had its Toronto rollout back in March 2008: “Even those who recognize that Israel is in the right are not attracted to it, because they see it as a supplier of bad news. It is more important for Israel to be attractive than to be right.”

Dear Robert,

Thanks for your two interesting letters of last week, responding to our Toronto Declaration. For me, the 1000+ signatories are an inspiring and eclectic group, reading like the cast list of a new Guy Maddin movie (David Bryne, Julie Christie, Alice Walker and Slavoj Zizek, together in Saddest Music: The Sequel). Guy himself signed on Friday.

As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival's decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine.