Ron Arad has created a circle 720 Degrees. This is not a miscalculation, nor a mathematical impossibility but an optical illusion that invites you to enjoy the video art in two ways: from inside and from outside. For that reason, the installation occupies these days the gardens of the Israel Museum entitled 720 °, the sum of two full circles.

Sculptures by Henry Moore, Picasso and Rodin that rest in the Museum's Isamu Noguchi-designed Garden have a competitor. This is a 5,600 big screen panels composed of silicon rods and designed by the Israeli architect, artist and designer. It is not a new initiative -last summer he presented a similar work in London-, but the new collaboration between multimedia artists and Arad has produced an inedit and original  installation.

Israeli authors like Ori Gersht have joined the project, which also counts with international figures: Christian Marclay, Mat Collishaw and David Shrigley, among others. The display 8 meters high that Arad has placed outdoors, provides the perfect support to these artists and to present their creations. Every night, this blank digital canvas shows films and video art for an hour, enough time to let the public surround the circle or enter inside it.

The Israel Museum and the Jerusalem Season of Culture have organized that exhibition. Both institutions have also scheduled several alternative activities to complete the nightlife. Poetry, dance, theater and music will encourage summer nights until 5 September. Sol G. Moreno

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