From the acclaimed international singer-songwriter, Keren Ann Zeidel, and photographer-video artist, Elinor Milchan, comes your child's new favorite picture book. Pick up a copy of "The Invisible Book" this Channukah for the perfect winter read.
SYNOPSIS: The invisible story takes place in an invisible world, where lived an invisible girl and an invisible boy. As they open themselves up to life, their surroundings and themselves slowly become visible, till their invisible love becomes invisible no more.
© Elinor Milchan
© Elinor Milchan
Originally written in English, "The Invisible Book", with its heartwarming plot and captivating pictures to match, will be available in Israeli bookstores as of December 8th. Read on to find out more about the two women behind the magic.
Singer-songwriter, composer, sound designer and producer Keren Ann Zeidel has released seven solo albums up to date: "You're Gonna Get Love"(2016), "101" (2011), "Keren Ann" (2007), "Nolita" (2005), "Not Going Anywhere"(2003), "La Disparition" (2002), "La Biographie De Luka Philipsen" (2000). She has provided diverse soundtracks including Benoit Petre's Thelma & Friends, Eytan Fox's Yossi, and songs for TV series (Grey's Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Big Love). Her songs have been performed by many internationally acclaimed artists including David Byrne, Jane Birkin, Francoise Hardy, Anna Calvi, Rosa Pasos, Henri Salvador, Luz Casal and Iggy Pop. Her first Opera Red Waters co-written with Bardi Johansson was produced by The Opera de Rouen and performed in 4 different Opera houses around France. Bardi and Keren Ann also form the band "Lady & Bird". Together they released a studio album "Lady & Bird" (2003) and an orchestral album recorded with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra "La Ballad Of Lady & Bird" (2009).
Keren Ann was named Chevalier De L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres in April 2012. She is a mom to Nico (Born July 21st 2012) and currently lives in Paris, France.
Elinor Milchan is a self-taught photographer and video artist. She examines the phenomenology of light through time, and visually captures its passage and the experience that remains of it. She has created numerous special projects including live video performances with orchestra, temporary and permanent public installations both in the States and abroad. Critics from the LACMA and Art in Art America have praised the inventiveness of her unique technique, describing it as “liberating the medium," and "opening up the interstices of light," reminding us that "the essential of photography is light itself.”
Her work is part of many private and public collections, including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and has received support for public art collaborations and installations by the likes of large corporations such as MTV, JPMorgan/Chase, NewsCorp/20th Century Fox, Leaf, Bezalel, UBS, Credit Suisse, Silverstein Properties, BCRE-US and Africa-Israel. Elinor Milchan taught at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. She is the co-founder of Artea Projects, co-curating public art projects.