The complexity and implications of what happened in that 1 day will take years to think through- I am still in something like a state of shock. This initial statement of account , still close to the event, a first ‘post’ post, has several items in its ledger. The first is to say that I …
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We got there – a huge journey and a huge amount to take in. Im incredibly glad that this has been possible. It will take me a while to find my feet. Despite all the frantic movement, including a generous tour round the village municipal building, we were able to sit for a long time …
for 3 musicians A project to research, realise and publicly stage a performance environment inspired by the complex memories of the town Vasilishok, a Jewish shtetl in Belarus erased by the Nazi’s in 1942. Drawing on a personal archive of correspondence from the town it will critically engage with the synagogue tradition of cantillation and …
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With only two days to go before this trip I can say how impossible it seems, on so many fronts. Although there is a place which, to my surprise, exists on the map – it’s a place which in many practical and emotional ways feels unreachable. To begin with: this village, from which my grandmother …
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Scored Out