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Anael Berkovitz

Anael Berkovitz, Lives and works in Tel-Aviv.

Berkovitz received her Bachelor degree in Photography at Minshar art institution, Tel-Aviv, and did an exchange semester at Folkwang University, Essen. After receiving her BFA, she continued her studies at the Hunter College MFA program in NYC.

In 2018 Anael Berkovitz received a 3-month studio scholarship at Haus Schlemmer in Dessau - one of the former Bauhaus Meisterhäuser in Dessau. There she developed the work "tatsache, märchen, traum" which combines settings from the early films of Oskar Schlemmer's triadic ballet with personal texts in German written by Berkovitz (who doesn’t speak German).

During her art studies in New York at Hunter College , Berkovitz discovered that her great- grandfather Fritz Schminke commissioned the iconic Haus Schminke in Löbau from the architect Hans Scharoun. The owner of the noodle factory (Ankernudeln) in Löbau had a strong interest in Modern Architecture, which is reflected in the factory owner's villa which is located on the neighboring property of the factory. Fritz Schminke allowed Hans Scharoun many artistic freedoms in the design of the house between 1930 and 1933. During the phase of the building's construction, a very warm relationship developed between the family and the architect. The house as a listed architecture monument, is part of a foundation that makes it possible to visit the place.

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