“The festivals are cool because you make a lot of connections at the festivals.” Quote by Philipp Wolter
“Festivals become a family because you start seeing the same people.” PeopleSeeingFestivals Author:Philipp Wolter
“My experience as a Jewish American has often been as a spectator of one-sided conversations, or more like monologues, about Israel, Jewish History, Jewish identity, etc. Although there are profound divisions amongst Jews on all of these topics there are not many opportunities for deep and thoughtful dialogue about them.” OpportunityIdentityConversationProfoundJewIsraelDialogueThoughtfulEtcDivisionTopicsSpectatorsMonologuesOne SidedJewish HistoryJewish Identity Author:Jill Soloway
“In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.” WayArtPoliticalSocialMy OwnBreakBreak ThroughImpasse Author:Jill Soloway
“I have never wanted to claim I know what is best for Israel.” KnowsWantedClaimsIsrael Author:Jill Soloway
“There are two basic defenses for an open ending: one is, If you read carefully enough, you'll know what happened. And the other is, That's how life is: things don't come to neat endings, there isn't a "happily ever after." But if you take that second line of defense, then I think you have to make the point that the writer has shown the range of possibility.” IfsThinkingKnowsTwoEnoughLife IsLinesHappenedPossibilityDefenseRangeNeatHappily Ever AfterEver After Author:Lorin Stein
“I haven't made art about Israel. There's a covert subtext of Jewish identity in my artwork.” ArtMadeHavensIdentityIsraelArtworkCovertSubtextJewish Identity Author:Jill Soloway
“I did a piece where I was talking about torture at Abu Ghraib, and I embroidered my hand with the image of the hooded Abu Ghraib prisoners who'd been tortured using a needle and thread. I know that meeting a Holocaust survivor when I was eight and seeing the tattoo on her arm from her time in the camps influenced my piece about Abu Ghraib.” KnowsHandsTalkingPiecesSeeingArmsMeetingsEightTortureSurvivorPrisonerCampsHolocaustThreadTattooNeedlesHolocaust SurvivorAbu GhraibNeedle And Thread Author:Jill Soloway
“There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.” RealResultsPositionComfortEmpathyVictimParanoia Author:Jill Soloway
“My family gets incredibly tense and stressed out around traveling. There's something really beautiful in that vulnerability.” BeautifulMy FamilyVulnerabilityTenseStressedReally BeautifulStressed Out Author:Jill Soloway
“By recognizing your own vulnerability you can recognize and identify with the vulnerability in others.” VulnerabilityRecognizing Author:Jill Soloway