12-15 November 2014
Tish: Wednesday, 12 November, 4-6PM
Workshops: Thursday, 13 November, Noon-5PM
“Earth and Bodies” is a collection of performances, workshops, and collages by Doron Polak, Michael Lazar, and Shalom Thomas Neuman.
Collage artist Doron Polak said:
Man is born of the Earth and returns to it. It is our destiny. We live on it and fulfill the commandment of fruitfulness and creation. The German poet Paul Celan spoke about the cursed earth and how it is “a large, black grave which threatens to swallow all of us.” And indeed, there are positive currents that pulse through the earth as well as crucial dangers. In his essay “Experience and Poverty”, the philosopher Walter Benjamin uses the well-known story of the old man who shares the secret of buried treasure with his children. After his death, they dig in the soil of the vineyard they inherited, but do not find the treasure. The earth, however, rewards them with superior fruit.
The Tish on 12 November is hosted by Israeli artists Doron Polak, Michael Lazar and American artist Shalom Thomas Neuman. Drawing on the Hasidic tradition, ten guests will gather around a table for a discussion. Soup, bread, and wine will be served. On the theme of “earth”, the artists will lead a discussion (in English), for the participants who come from various fields, such as artistic, literary, political, or scientific. It will be followed by a discussion with the public.
The Workshops on 13 November are a series of creative workshops by the artists with the aim to demonstrate the relationships between the body and the earth, between the earth and science. The public is invited to participate in drawing, collage, and narration workshops. During the exercises, mud from the Dead Sea will be made available to the participants.
(text adapted from materials provided by the gallery)
INFORMATION
Joyce Yahouda Gallery
Suite 516
372 Saint Catherine Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3B 1A2 Canada
(514) 875-2323
Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday, Noon-5PM or by appointment
Image:
untitled
by Doron Polak
33″x33″
glue, thread, paper book page
2013
Courtesy of Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal