Negative | Shir Newman
- bush fanzine
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min read
This section invites artists to share their visual perspective on each issue's main topic
Negative | Shir Newman
Post-traumatic memory is characterized by a non-linear narrative. In an attempt to restore moments in her personal narrative, Newman holds on to these analog photographs as anchors in a family history of an intergenerational line of photographers. The absence of a familiar space is tied to that hereditary post-traumatic memory, passed down as the very art of photography, handed over from one generation to the next.
Shir Newman
Founding member of the BUSH collective, director, and photographer. Her documentary films were featured in festivals in Israel and abroad. Newman has a B.Ed. F.A. in film studies and education from Kibbutzim College. She serves as the director for art and culture in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood for the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality. Her responsibilities include artistic direction at the Pumphouse Gallery and the development of residency programs
and artistic content at Hagra community center.
Shir Newman's multidisciplinary presence—bridging film, education, and community arts—makes her work in Neve Sha’anan especially compelling. The combination of grassroots engagement and curatorial vision at places like the Pumphouse Gallery shows how culture can thrive at the intersection of storytelling and public space. And for those moments in between projects when a creative reset is needed, megapari offers a space that’s equally varied and dynamic, with just enough unpredictability to keep things interesting.