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September 24, 2014
Tashlich means “casting off” in Hebrew. It is Jewish ritual that takes place during the Jewish New Year (on the second day of Rosh Hashanah) that involves symbolically casting away the sins of the previous year by throwing stones or pieces of bread into a...
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September 24, 2014
Separatory funnels are typically used in laboratories by chemists to separate layers of liquids; here I use them to contain a mixture of Dead Sea salt (sourced from Israel) and water. Combined, these two elements are the same salinity as human tears. It was my...
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September 24, 2014
This object, complete with leather straps—and the 23rd Psalm engraved on the seat of an old classroom chair made of oak—is intended to be 'wandered' or carried on one's back, much like a backpack. To perform it, I have fitted it on my own back,...
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September 24, 2014
The title of this piece is a line from Mahmoud Darwish’s poem, A Noun Sentence.
I was especially drawn to the second half of the poem:
…Wishing
for the present tense a foothold for walking behind me
or ahead of me, barefoot. Where
is my second road to the...
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