THE PURVEYOR OF WISHES

 

 

The Purveyor of Wishes     (2002)

DV 4:3 Colour video/ Sound. 2 min

The Purveyor’s shop, selling religious trinkets, his father’s before him, has stood in the same place since the birth of Israel. Filmed in Tel Aviv, at the height of the second intifada in 2002, The Purveyor of Wishes invites us to believe.

Shown as part of the exhibition “Wanderland  Israel-Palestine” at the Museum Haus Lange in Krefeld, Germany.