ABOUT
There are approximately 30,000 Filipino guest workers living within the State of Israel. The majority are female and work as caregivers for the elderly or sick. In Tel Aviv they live in shanty town conditions around the central bus station also known as the ‘Tachana Mercazit’. On Saturdays, buses in the Tachana do not work, and this giant modernist building is occupied by guest workers, who spend their time shopping, partying and socializing in bars, clubs and shops within the compound.
Beauty contests are very popular among Filipinos both at home and abroad. ‘Binibining Pilipinas’ is the most important beauty pageant in the Philippines, established in 1964. The Filipino community in Tel Aviv created their own beauty pageant in a nightclub inside the Tachana Merkazit and named it ‘Binibining Pilipinas Israel’.
* Binibining: Miss, young woman in Filipino.
- Home
- ISTANBUL
- The Film
- Interviews
- Research
- Pictures
- Videos
- Texts
- ‘Binibining Promised Land’ screens at UK art institute – Article from Inquirer (Philippines’ National newspaper), Septmber 01,2015
- FOCAL MAGAZINE ISSUE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION OF “BINIBINING” IN PALAIS DE TOKYO, PARIS
- Transcript of the Charlene James Dandan interview in La Journal de la Trienalle (Intense Proximity)
- TRUE CONFESSIONS: story of a filipino guestworker’s journey to israel
- Masquerade Ball Party
- Federation of Pilipinas Community in Israeli
- Facebook Profile of a Binibining
- In every Nation’s…
- Exhibitions
- Bellas Artes Manila 2020
- İlham, Kuala Lumpur 2017
- OK Centrum, Linz (Biennial Cuvee 2013)
- Palais de Tokyo 2012
- Para Site Hong Kong 2016
- RuhrDing, Essen 2020
- SALT, Ankara 2013
- Screening at Luneta Park, Manila 2012
- St. Esprit Church Istanbul
- VideoBrasil 2020
- Kunsthalle Winterthur 2011
- Muzeum Sztuki Lodz 2015
- Alternativa Gdansk 2011
- Izmir Municipality Art Center 2010
- Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro 2010
- Maison Culture d’Amiens 2010
- Book
- Dialogue Lists
- Stills
BINIBINING PROMISED LAND 