I'm good at love, I'm good at hate, it's in between I freeze (2009)

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• 2009
• Michael Rakowitz

I'm good at love, I'm good at hate, it's in between I freeze takes form as installation and a video filmed at the Alhambra Palace Hotel in Ramallah, Palestine. The project charts the historical context and aftermath of a concert that never happened. In 2009 Leonard Cohen was scheduled to perform in Israel. Because of increasing pressure from pro-Palestinian voices to dissuade Cohen from performing in Israel, a parallel event in Palestine was organized. Amid protests and claims that the latter concert was a token show of solidarity and a hollow attempt to appease demonstrators, the concert was boycotted and eventually canceled. This story engages Cohen's personal grappling with art and politics and the ethical dilemmas faced by performers under the conditions of a boycott.