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Temporary Dwelling, Fragile Structures: Sukkot Program 2018
Sukkot (Jewish tabernacles) is a seven-day Jewish celebration commemorating the forty years of travel through the desert after the exodus from Egypt. During the celebration, temporary dwellings called sukkah are built with simple materials and are used for seven days for for eating, entertaining, and even sleeping.
During the coming holidays of Sukkot, the Sala-manca group (see below) are constructing a Sukkah (Jewish tabernacle) in their front garden referring to their actual temporary migration to Kingston and are opening their (rented) house for a series of talks, performances, and workshops dealing with topics related to Sukkot: Temporary Dwelling, Forced and Voluntary Migration, Hybrid Identities, Fragile Structures.
September 23, 7:00-9:00 pm
A temporary Dwelling in our Rented Garden A sukkah by Sala-manca family Informal Opening, refreshments will be served at the Sukkah.
September 25, 7:00-9:00 pm
Panel on Sukkot Sukkot Basics
Rabbi Erin Polansky Rabbi Polansky is originally from Montreal, Quebec and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario. She was the first graduate of the Jewish Studies program at Queen’s University and subsequently attended the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem and then in Cincinnati, earning ordination in 2000. Upon ordination, Rabbi Polansky served as Assistant Rabbi and Rabbi Educator at Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnesota. In 2004, she returned to Toronto where she served as Associate Rabbi at Temple Sinai and was the spiritual leader at Neshamah Congregation of York Region in Vaughan, Ontario from 2011 – 2018. And now Rabbi Polansky begins the next phase of her career as Rabbi at Beth Israel Congregation in Kingston.
September 26, 7:00-9:00 pm
Lois Klassen: “Books and Libraries in Migration"
What happens when migration stories are held still within a book? Can a library become nomadic? Vancouver-based artist and writer, Lois Klassen, will present two participatory art projects that take up the subject of migration and its cultural representation. Artist book examples from Reading the Migration Library (2016, ongoing) and Renegade Library (1998) will be available for reading and handling. Lois Klassen is a Doctoral Candidate in the Cultural Studies Post-Graduate Program at Queen’s University.
September 27, 1:00-3:00 pm
Workshop: On the Museum of the Contemporary
Curating and Public Scholarship Lab
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., LB 671, Concordia University, Montreal
Diego Rotman, from the Sala-manca group, will present and discuss the critical thinking standing behind the Museum of the Contemporary, concentrating in some key projects done in its frame. The Salamanca group will share their tactics, way of working and their experiences as founders, directors, guides, guards and staff cleaners of the MofC.
September 27 , 7:00-9:00 pm
The Sukkah - Between Eternal and Ephemeral
Musée du Montréal juif - Museum of Jewish Montreal
4040 Boulevard St-Laurent, Montreal
Join Diego Rotman of the Sala-manca group to discover the incredible stories and migrations behind their work and collaborative efforts creating two sukkot originally from Germany and Bedouin communities.
September 29, 1:00-4:00 pm
A Library of Temporary Shelters
A book arts workshop about migration and displacement
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston.
Join artists Lois Klassen (CA) Sala-Manca (AR/IL) in a hands-on workshop and discussion about the representation of human displacement issues through art and text. Participants will hear about art and publishing projects that take up the urgency of migration, refugee issues, and will be invited to make artist books in a studio session. The hands-on portion of the workshop will focus on the way book structures can reflect a need for shelter, whether temporary or permanent.
All the events are free of charge and are made in the spirit of Ushpizin (Aramaic for guests, a reference to the seven supernal guests). The events will be held at the artists’ house, in Kingston. Off-site events will also take place at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, the Museum of Jewish Montreal, and the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab at mConcordia.
For further info contact: salamanca00@gmail.com