- Ot haEd/ The Sign of the Witness/Das Zeichen des Zeugen (WIE)*-
A spectre is haunting Europe... - K. Marx
To address "the Jew", too many images come to mind; how (WIE) to be, from within and from without?
A participatory work (6 x2 meters) that engages the public to
reflect (with chalk on a black wall) upon the subject.
- at the Jewish
Museum in Vienna -
- Sept. 98/Jan. 99 -
(click on the images to
view somewhat larger samples)
* Some of the words within the triptych:
Once upon a time there were people who were cunning, cheap, rich yet weak, ugly, loud yet ghost-like, asexual yet lecherous, pushy yet fearful, irrational yet brainy, effeminate and tenacious Christ-killers and communist capitalist foreign elements. They were also awe-inspiring victims. This antiquated clique of crafty individuals managed to rule the world while being less than 0.4 percent of its population.
I shall open the mouth (in Hebrew, acronym of Aleph, the silent letter)
Do not disdain anyone nor reject anything for there is not anyone who does not have his/her hour nor anything its place. Pirke Avot.
From your flesh do not hide. Isaiah.
Sh'ma Yisrael Adoshem Elokeinu Adoshem Echad - [Pay attention Israel (G-d wrestler), G-d our G-d (G-d within me), our G-d is One (at one with the G-d of the universe)].