Yesterday at the Morris Feinmann Home, we started a new collaborative text/art piece, using short text pieces, transferred onto candles. I’m off to Israel in a couple of weeks and wanted to take something of arthur+martha work, (and of England) there. We have discovered through reminiscences at the home, that candles have rich symbolism in the Jewish cultural and religious life. Lines where chosen from memories, and applied with pen, transfers and letroset. ‘bring light towards you.’
The candles will be lit in different locations in Israel and documented.
In addition we started some postcard/filing card pieces, which start with ‘what peace means/meant to me.’ The question was answered in the main with memories of the end of the 2nd world war. “Peace meant I could get on with my life.” The intention is to ask a selection of people the same question and to gather the responses in some manner.
