I’m good at love, I’m good at hate, its in between I freeze
April 15 - June 1, 2018
Multimedia installation: two-player video archival channels, objects and artifacts
Directed by Michael Rakowitz and Robert Chase Heishman

Montreal's Musée d'art contemporain (MAC)

I'm good at love, I'm good at hate, it's in between I freeze (2009–ongoing) takes form as installation and a video filmed at the Alhambra Palace Hotel in Ramallah, Palestine. The project charts the historical context and aftermath of a concert that never happened. In 2009 Leonard Cohen was scheduled to perform in Israel. Because of increasing pressure from pro-Palestinian voices to dissuade Cohen from performing in Israel, a parallel event in Palestine was organized. Amid protests and claims that the latter concert was a token show of solidarity and a hollow attempt to appease demonstrators, the concert was boycotted and eventually canceled. This story engages Cohen’s personal grappling with art and politics, the cultural histories of Palestine and Israel, and the ethical dilemmas faced by performers under the conditions of a boycott.

Read my letter to Leonard Cohen here.