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.
½ (panu) to Jehoiachin, king of Ju[dah]
2 ½ qu to the five sons of the king of Judah
4 qu to 8 Judeans, ½ [qu each]
1 ½ qu to three carpenters from Arvad, ½ qu each
½ panu 1 ½ qu to eight carpenters…
In 1934, the German-Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist Salman Schocken (1877–1959) commissioned Mendelsohn to design a villa for him and his family in Jerusalem, where they had fled from Nazi…
Rosie thought about father—a repressed anxiety that never disappeared altogether and lingered as a dark shadow behind a light and joyful life, like the pale backdrop to a colorful stage—but she did…