Jacques Katmor

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Jacques Mory-Katmor
ז׳אק מורי־קתמור
Born(1938-09-04)4 September 1938
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Died6 September 2001(2001-09-06) (aged 63)
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Occupations
  • Artist
  • Filmmaker
  • Painter
  • Soldier
Years active1963–2001
Known forFilmmaking
Notable workA Woman's Case 1969
StyleArt film
MovementNew Sensitivity [he]
Spouses
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(m. 1963; div. 1969)​
(born in Tel Aviv, Jaffa Subdistrict, Lydda District, Mandatory Palestine on 2 April 1942)
Ann Tochmeyer
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(m. 1969; died 2001)​
(born in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union on 2 May 1948; died in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands on 28 May 2004)[1]
Military career
Allegiance Israel
Service/branch Israel Defense Forces
Unit Artillery Corps
Battles/warsSix-Day War

Jacques Mory-Katmor (Hebrew: ז׳אק מורי־קתמור) (born 4 September 1938 in Cairo, Egypt; died 6 September 2001 in Tel Aviv, Israel[2] was an Israeli bohemian/counterculture experimental filmmaker, painter, and, multimedia artist, of anarchical, underground, and, independent leanings.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Biography[edit]

Jacques Mory was born into a wealthy, Jewish, family in Cairo. His father was a realtor and tile factory owner. He attended a Jesuit school. Upon turning 18, he travelled to Paris and Switzerland to study art at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1960, he immigrated to Israel. He served in the Artillery Corps, taking part in the Six-Day War.

Art career[edit]

During the 1960s and 1970s, he organized a group of artists and intellectuals who called themselves "The Third Eye," a commune dedicated to the ideas of Timothy Leary. He claimed to be strongly influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche and the Marquis de Sade. At Avoth Yeshurun's suggestion, he turned his last name into a phonetic rendering of quatre mortes, French for "four deaths."

His apartment on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, where his only film was shot, was a hub of city life during that time.

He married translator, model, and, editor Helit Yeshurun, daughter of poet Avoth Yeshurun, while working on his avant-garde 1969 film A Woman's Case. He met Ann Tochmeyer during that period. She was a model who appeared on the covers of magazines such as HaOlam HaZeh. She appeared in his film and he married her after his divorce from Yeshurun.[16] The film was a commercial failure, and, hindered his ability to pursue his career as a filmmaker. Other works included creating television programs showcasing the works of artists such as Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner (1971), Yaacov Agam (1973), and, Michail Grobman (1974).[17]

Around 1974, he left Israel for Cambodia, Canada, and, Thailand, with Tochmeyer leaving for San Francisco, and, finally, later, around 1975, for Amsterdam, together with Tochmeyer, returning in 1991. Reportedly, while abroad, they both became addicted to cocaine and heroin, while, squatting in abject poverty, forcing him to work in pornography, and, Tochmeyer, to work as a stripper, while, essentially, living in a sort of open relationship, together with artist Buki Greenberg [he].[18][19][20][21][22] Officially, the cause of his death was listed as alcoholism-related.[23]

Legacy[edit]

Retrospective held in Katmor's honor at the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art in 2012

The Horse Hospital held a retrospective in his honor between 12 October and 9 November 2013.[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yudilevich, Merav (30 May 2004). הלכה לעולמה דוגמנית העבר אן טוכמאייר [Past Model, Ann Tochmeyer, Dies]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ מת במאי הסרטים האוונגרדיסט ז׳אק קתמור [Avant-Garde Filmmaker, Jacques Katmor, Dies]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 9 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ Klein, Uri (30 December 2011). שובו של הגולה הנצחי: על הסרטים של ז'אק קתמור [The Return of the Eternal Pariah: On Jacques Katmor's Films]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. ^ Yahav, Galia (13 February 2012). להציג את הילד הרע של האמנות הישראלית [Presenting Israeli Art's Enfant Terrible]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ^ Engel, Rachel (23 August 1963). ז׳אק מורי: למה מציגים רישומים [Jacques Mory: Why Are Drawings Presented]. Maariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  6. ^ ז׳אק קתמור והעין השלישית / למות לאט [Jacques Katmor and The Third Eye / Slow Death]. Nahum Gutman Museum of Art (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  7. ^ Barnea, Reut (9 February 2009). רטרוספקטיבה לז׳אק קתמור [A Jacques Katmor Retrospective]. Calcalist (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  8. ^ ז׳. מורי־קתמור בגלריה "כץ" [J. Mory-Katmor, at the "Katz" Gallery]. Herut (in Hebrew). Jerusalem. 22 April 1965. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  9. ^ Kesari, Uri (12 December 1969). מקרה גבר [A Man's Case]. Maariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  10. ^ Anderman, Nirit (30 December 2011). מין, אירוטיקה ויהדות [Sex, Eroticism, and, Judaism]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  11. ^ Rabiner, Avishag (30 January 2012). סקס, סמים ונוסטלגיה [Sex, Drugs, and, Nostalgia]. Saloona (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  12. ^ למות לאט + דיון [Slow Death + Discussion]. Tel Aviv Cinematheque (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  13. ^ Shkolnik-Brener, Hila (17 January 2012). רישומי עירום, סרטי אוונגרד: מי אתה ז׳אק קתמור? [Nude Drawings, Avant-Garde Films: Who Are You, Jacques Katmor?]. Ha'ir (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  14. ^ ז׳אק קתמור וקבוצת ״העין השלישית״ – למות לאט [Jacques Katmor and "The Third Eye" Group – Slow Death]. Ha'ir (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  15. ^ Halperin, Renana (19 January 2012). אמנות צרפתית וסרטי עירום: סיור אמנותי בנווה צדק [French Art and Nudity Films: An Artistic Excursion in Neve Tzedek]. Ha'ir (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  16. ^ Slavick, Jean (30 October 1969). הערב עם ז׳אק מורי־קתמור [Tonight, with Jacques Mory-Katmor]. Davar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  17. ^ מקרה אישה + מסע [A Woman's Case + Masa]. Tel Aviv Cinematheque (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  18. ^ Anderman, Nirit (30 December 2011). מקרה איש: עשר שנים למותו של ז'אק קתמור [A Man's Case: A Decade Since Jacques Katmor's Death]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  19. ^ Davis, Barry (13 January 2012). "Keeping an Eye Open". The Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  20. ^ Sharpe, Zoe (24 March 2014). "Jacques Katmor". Sang Bleu. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  21. ^ Sélavy, Virginie; Shani, Tal (24 November 2016). "Reopening the Third Eye". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  22. ^ Grossman, Hagit (22 March 2012). הוזה אל האינסוף [Hallucinating Infinitely]. Makor Rishon (in Hebrew). Jerusalem. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  23. ^ Frosh, Tahel (17 August 2009). ז׳אק קתמור, מקרה גבר [Jacques Katmor, a Man's Case]. Ha'ir (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  24. ^ "Jacques Katmor and The Third Eye Group: Israeli Counterculture, 1964–1975". Horse Hospital. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

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