Amir Yatsiv
Superstition In The Pigeon
Amir Yatsiv, Superstition In The Pigeon, 2013, Single channel video, 16min27
Superstition In The Pigeon
Year:
2013
Mediums:
Single channel video 16min27
Collection:
IL COLLECTION

Jerusalem documented from a bird’s eye view: using a dove to which a tiny camera has been attached, the combination of an ancient communication medium with modern technology questions the unity and eternity of the city to which the dove returns from the diaspora after 2,000 years. A natural mechanism that has yet to be fully explained guides pigeons back home, to a single home – their birthplace. In Superstition in the Pigeon, the bird starts its poetic flight at the edge of Jerusalem and proceeds on her way home carrying a tiny camera on its back. This work ties together the time-honored tradition of raising postal pigeons with state-of-the-art photographic technology.