About The Work

Like the bulk of Tamar Raban's works, She has a Headache in Her Stomach was based on an autobiographical incident. The work was a narrative hybrid: a cross between an experience Raban had had in Paris - meeting a Palestinian artist who taught her an Arab children's song, and a toy she purchased in Berlin. Raban employed video and slide projectors, playback and live sound to create a rich narrative tapestry, superimposing different layers of time and space.

About The Artist

Raban graduated from Haifa University, Art Department in 1982, and is one of the founding members and presently the director of Shelter 209, a non-profit organization for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Art.
As a performance artist she has performed in various venues all over the world, in theaters, museums, festivals and in Shelter 209. Her sculptures, installations and video-art have been exhibited both in Israel and abroad.