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Walking in Russia
Vida Simon
2005
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The work of Canadian artist Vida Simon has been presented in galleries, at performance festivals, and at other venues in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Italy, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Chile. Her installation/performance work combines forms, including drawing, writing, hand-made objects, sound, and gesture. She organizes projects for Souffles, an exhibition and performance space in Montreal.
Some decades ago Jewish badkhonim-actors [jesters] were still a very common phenomenon. Most of the time the badkhn was not only an entertainer improvising rhymes and funny sayings, but also an actor…
The Jews in the Warsaw ghetto were tormented; they experienced terrible things. But from time to time they also experienced fine and wonderful things. They suffered. But they also loved. Except that…