About
Rotem Volk (b.1985) is a multidisciplinary performance artist and educator based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rotem holds a B.Ed. in Theatre Directing and Teaching from The Kibutzim College of Education, Technology and Arts, Tel Aviv (2010) and has graduated with distinction the Performance Making MA course in Goldsmiths University, London (2013).
In the past few years, she has been creating for both stage and outdoors mainly focusing on site specific performances while using sound, video, text and choreography. Her works are often immersive, engaging with the urban environment and offering alternative intimate tours in the city.
Rotem sees the cityscape as a potential arena for action and participation of both audience and performers, challenging their traditional roles. She is interested in finding new ways and mediums to transform public spaces by re-framing and highlighting the elusive structures and relations already existing in our everyday life, exploring social and political themes from a new perspective by blurring the boundaries between the private and the public.
Rotem has presented work in various festivals, exhibitions and alternative platforms in Israel and Europe including Art Night London, Gaudeamus Festival, Tate Modern, Israel Festival and more. She has taught in the Community Theatre and Artivism department in Tel Aviv University and has worked as one of the main educational program developer for kids, adults and young professionals at Liebling Haus- The White City Center in Tel Aviv; a public cultural center for Architicture and Urbanism.