FILM

The title of this work – part of an installation – refers to an Israeli Defense Forces’ training area in the country’s Southern region. Is it accidental that it was named after the American city of Detroit, once a bustling metropolis, and now a ghost town of sorts? The Israeli version of “Detroit” is a simulation of a Palestinian city built by the military in order to rehearse battles situations, including extras who play living targets. The filmmaker shows the city’s architectural plans to various urban planners. Fiction is tested against reality, while simulation is revealed as fantasy.