Evictions take place almost every day, be they financial, military, criminal, or political evictions. High-profile publicized evictions or quiet ones that take place in the dead of night. Either way, it is always a group standing against the powers that be. People who lose their home.

Eviction turns a spotlight on this critical moment, in which a group of people refuses to evacuate a building, and a political force is sent to evict them. This violent encounter encapsulates layers upon layers of injustices, oppression, rage, pain, and indifference. For the defiant group, this is a time of solidarity and of togetherness that can solidify, strengthen, and create new forms of resistance. And it is always only the tip of the iceberg of phenomena, of economies, of regimes, and of much larger world mechanisms.

Through a composition of movement, architecture, video, music, and documentary sound, we will experience moments of eviction on a 1:1 scale. We will unfold the choreography of the eviction – from the barricaded group’s side and from the evicting forces side. How the state moves, how to protect your home.

Eviction uncovers the mechanisms of evictions, bringing to the fore collective experiences and images from past evictions, and wishing to prepare for future evictions. The procedures it presents expose the preparation, tools, and means used by all sides, the techniques and knowledge, things carried out in our name by law enforcement agencies, and the ways in which you can become a defiant group, reminding us that the human assembly in the public space has a huge, radical, vital potential.

Concept, direction, choreography: Omer Krieger
Production: Yael Cohen
Dramaturgy: Itai Doron
Performers: Meitar Arieli, Eyal Bromberg, Mica Kupfer, Yulia Mezhetskaya, Rima Naser Eddin, Shai Ramot Reichert, Tal Raviv, Nadav Sharon
Movement Choir Members: Noa Avraham, Ziv Bar David Varon, Naomi Bloch Fortis, Hadas Duchan, Estee Du-Nour, Adi Gordon Rawlings, Aviva Hahn, Mazal Kaufman, Avily Levanon, Vered Levy Unger, Yael Maayan, Noa Oron, Iris Ostfeld, Yael Pshetatzki Romm, Rebecca Rouxel, Sheer Sivan
Sound Design: Binya Reches
Space Design: Yonatan Auron Ophir
Costumes: Tamar Ben Cnaan
Video: Yair Moss / Chen Wagshall
Rehearsal Management: Shani Granot
Photos: Tomer Appelbaum
Israel Festival Artistic Direction: Itay Mautner and Michal Vaknin.