Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
Minyan is a full-scale art installation that recreates my memory of the synagogue sanctuary my family attended when I was a child. Salient furniture: a bimah, chairs, and a mechitza have been welded from wire and covered in fabric. These items are arranged in their traditional locations, inviting viewers to enter the “sanctuary” space and walk among the furniture. In place of an ark hangs a handmade tallit. The recreation of this familiar space was part of my effort to understand what Judaism means to me and how my identity as a trans and queer person resides within Jewish space. It attempts to capture a complex narrative of identity by mixing adolescent memory with hope for the future.
Recommended Citation
Goldberg, Sophia, "Minyan" (2023). Art and Art History Honors Projects. 20.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/art_honors/20
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