http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/world/middleeast/tel-aviv-dizengoff-art-terrorism.html 2016-09-06 16:31:54 Guerrilla Art Exhibit Unmasks the Face of Terrorism Above Dizengoff Square, a killer’s face and hateful words are on display as part of an Israeli philanthropist’s mission to get his country to confront terrorism. === TEL AVIV — Eight months after the On a giant outdoor screen, the killer, His video presence was part of a guerrilla art exhibition unveiled in Tel Aviv on Monday night, an installation meant to capture the faces of terrorism in a country hardened to the sort of violence now shocking Europe and America. The exhibition featured three adjoining videos projected on a billboard, the first showing Mr. Melhem, the second showing security forces responding to his attack, and the third showing the bar he shot up, portrayed full of life again, as if nothing had happened. Secretary of State John Kerry “A lot of people don’t want to stop and speak,” Mr. Douek said on Monday as pedestrians looked up at the screens and then moved on. “That’s the story of this country: You want to go forward,” he said. “I’m trying to do something that depicts the environment we live in here. This is something you see happening around the world now.” It was the juxtaposition of the images that transfixed Mr. Douek and inspired him to organize the display, which he initiated over the bustling Dizengoff Square, just a few blocks down Dizengoff Street from where the shooting occurred. He decided to show, in a series of adjacent images, the depravity of the attacker, the chaos he created and the world moving on — different phases of a grim modern reality. Mr. Douek, a businessman who was a founder of the social change movement Zionism 2000 and of other civic organizations, said Israel needed to show more respect to its Arab citizens to help prevent the sort of alienation that gives rise to violence. “People think you can deal with terrorism just by killing people,” he said. “It doesn’t work that way.” The On the video His attack came during a wave of stabbings and vehicle assaults, mainly by Tania and Elie Suares were out for a walk Monday evening when they saw the video displays and stopped to watch for a few moments. They vividly recalled the day of the attack. “We were very close when that happened,” said Ms. Suares, 46, a tutor of English. “We actually heard the gunfire in our apartment. Our daughter walked by right before it happened. It was pretty chilling to know it happened right where she was.” But, she said, “people the very next day go back to living, actually living, not just acting that way. Sadly, it’s the reality of what’s been going on here forever. It’s like a coping mechanism.” Erez Davidi, 31, a business owner, said he was only 30 to 35 feet from the gunman during the rampage. “I turned around and I saw him standing and shooting,” he recalled Monday night as he stared up at the video display. “He was just shooting all over the place.” Still, Mr. Davidi was not convinced that the art exhibition — which Mr. Douek hopes will run for a few days — would have much impact. “I don’t think there will be any benefits of watching it again,” he said. “It’s too common. It happens too much. Everybody forgot about it two days after.” Ram Landes, a television producer and a friend of Mr. Douek’s, said that the attitude described by Mr. Davidi was familiar. “Denial,” he said, “is the main ability the Israelis develop.”