books & zines
mixed media (2024)
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Riso-printed digital collage of Jewish papercuts
I made this work by digitally manipulating folk imagery, taken from two Jewish papercuttings. The abstracted form is a reflection on the Yiddish poem-turned song “In Kampf (In Struggle)” written by David Edelstadt :
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In Kampf (In Struggle), 1889
- David Edelstadt
- We are driven out and despised
we are tormented and persecuted
and all just because we love
the poor and haggard people
We are shot and hanged,
robbed of our lives and our rights,
because we demand the truth
and freedom for the poor slaves.
Shackle us in iron chains,
tear us apart like bloody beasts;
you can only kill our bodies,
but never destroy our divine spirit.
You can murder us, tyrants,
but time will bring new fighters,
and we will fight and fight until
the whole world is free.
Inkjet print on silk
43 x 31 inches