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Project
Our Ritual & Identity Immersive Photovideo Series
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Program Area
Arts & Culture /
Social Justice
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Year
2024
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Amount
$150,000
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Description
Depictions of everyday Jewish life in both mainstream media and elite Jewish cultural institutions rarely center the beauty of Black Jews. Ella Cooper seeks to shift this with Our Ritual & Identity, a new series of seven, large-scale photographs. Each photograph will feature a Black Jew (aged 12 – 75) in a moment of spiritual or religious practice and be augmented by additional media components, such as video and text. Collectively, these multimedia portraits will showcase and celebrate the diversity of Black-Jewish life. Cooper’s artistic reflections on her own Black-Jewish identity will be woven throughout. In addition to yet-planned exhibitions of this work, a special exhibition catalogue geared towards children will make the work accessible to younger viewers and families.
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