Amos Gitai and the Challenge of Archives

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Free Event. Tickets available for in-person & livestream.

The New York Public Library, Centro Primo Levi, Villa Albertine, and the Ambassade de France Aus Etats Unis, are proud to present Amos Gitai and the Challenge of Archives, by Amos Gitai and Jean-Michel Frodon (Stanford University Libraries, 2026),

The event will include a conversation between Amos Gitai and Alessandro Cassin, along with a screening of the short film The Book of Amos (Mexico, Israel, 2012).

Gitai and Cassin will explore how archival practices in Gitai’s work inform and intersect with Gitai’s creative process. As a filmmaker who moves seamlessly between architecture, theater, and the visual arts, Gitai reflects on how personal and collective archives serve as entry points for dialogue with others. Read

Over the past decade, Stanford University Libraries has acquired a significant portion of the archives of Paris-based filmmaker and multimedia artist Amos Gitai. This remarkable collection comprises films, documentaries, photographs, texts, and other materials spanning over three decades of creative work. The book Amos Gitai and the Challenge of Archive highlights the depth of this documentation through essays, poetic texts, reflections, and photographs. Contributors include Michael Keller, Amos Gitai, Ouzi Elyada, Keren Mock, Lionel Richard, Pierre-Marc de Biasi, Marie-Pierre Ulloa, Frédéric Marie, and Joël Huthwohl.

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