Israeli Artist Ronit Levin Delgado on Activist Art after 7 October and Art's Power to Heal & Bring Cultural Repair
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Show Notes:
1:30 background
2:45 shift to add activist element to her art
4:00 response to 7 October 2023 during residency at LMCC
5:30 ‘artivism’
5:45 workshop at Israeli American Council event
6:45 Rosh Hashanah gift for families of hostages
9:00 how her work facilitates justice
12:30 defining justice through recognition and healing
13:20 work as a curator to connect voices
13:50 “Artists on Antisemitism” exhibition
15:00 co-curated with director of Jewish Art Salon
15:40 LA-based artist Marina Heinze included in exhibition
15:45 Joan Roth
17:30 Ronit’s “David” kisses painting included in exhibition
19:40 Chai meaning alive
19:50 use of technology in her work as a bridge for global participation
21:40 heat-activated work that shows happiness levels like mood rings
23:25 Stefania Salles Bruins: connection between art and justice making whole
26:00 work by Marina Heinze in Artists on Antisemitism exhibition
27:10 other exhibitions she has curated
27:50 work in the antisemitism exhibition
28:40 fellowship in Germany in collaboration with German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - art's importance in memory and justice
29:00 urgency of keeping the Holocaust alive in the conversation today
29:45 murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska
30:00 to hold and carry memory forward to inspire vigilance and resilence
30:40 artists as witnesses of our time and responsibility to be an activist
32:00 “Wandering Jew” project for 2026 Jerusalem Biennale
34:00 Drawdy’s definition of justice
34:50 Drawdy’s focus on stories to highlight
35:20 Alan Robertshaw’s comments
36:00 art speaking for itself
36:50 “Written in Water” and “Project Forgiveness” - 2018 NY Spring/Break
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