Veröffentlicht am 14.01.2017
Released alongside ARMS/REMIXED (available from January 13, 2017 at https://maryocher.bandcamp.com - and from February on all digital platforms).
All profits from the collection on Bandcamp will be forwarded to a Berlin based organization directly assisting war asylum seekers.
Video by Mary Ocher / Camera by Yoav Tal and Tomster.
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Images of guns appear in Israeli society everywhere, all the time, they are as visible on the street as mothers with baby-strollers and advertisements, and as such, they become invisible. Their prevalence makes you numb, as much as to the weapons themselves as to uniforms. It is only outside of that realm that you realize how discomforting such reality is, the guns are a reminder of the constant presence of violence.
In a militarist society, guns are associated with vitality, sexuality, strength, one's ability to defend oneself, as much as to assert their dominance over another. The hinted violence is glorified and the myth of the soldier is taught to young children in elementary schools.
A soldier depraved of a gun is a sissy. It is interesting to see how the phallic concept extends to female combatants, where the gun assumes a new role; a tool for emasculation?
Predominantly in the hands of 18-20 year-olds, as well as security staff and guards. They are everywhere whether you care to stop and notice or not.
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"Arms" is taken from "The West Against The People", out on Klangbad, March 10, 2017.
Read the essay here: http://www.maryocher.com/essay.html
For live dates: www.maryocher.com/shows.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryOcherMusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryOcher
Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/wZitL
All profits from the collection on Bandcamp will be forwarded to a Berlin based organization directly assisting war asylum seekers.
Video by Mary Ocher / Camera by Yoav Tal and Tomster.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Images of guns appear in Israeli society everywhere, all the time, they are as visible on the street as mothers with baby-strollers and advertisements, and as such, they become invisible. Their prevalence makes you numb, as much as to the weapons themselves as to uniforms. It is only outside of that realm that you realize how discomforting such reality is, the guns are a reminder of the constant presence of violence.
In a militarist society, guns are associated with vitality, sexuality, strength, one's ability to defend oneself, as much as to assert their dominance over another. The hinted violence is glorified and the myth of the soldier is taught to young children in elementary schools.
A soldier depraved of a gun is a sissy. It is interesting to see how the phallic concept extends to female combatants, where the gun assumes a new role; a tool for emasculation?
Predominantly in the hands of 18-20 year-olds, as well as security staff and guards. They are everywhere whether you care to stop and notice or not.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
"Arms" is taken from "The West Against The People", out on Klangbad, March 10, 2017.
Read the essay here: http://www.maryocher.com/essay.html
For live dates: www.maryocher.com/shows.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryOcherMusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryOcher
Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/wZitL
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