T´ME´A טמאה
Photograph by Daniel Grünfeld
Video 17:18 min.
Durational Performance 180 min.
Experiments with menstruation blood, floating stones, and red thread, research on diaspora, purity, holiness, and protected space.
In this project, I am using and giving voice to items that carry long histories and traditions which were erased or almost erased by the colonial nation-state and patriarchy, in a ritual of protection and purification.
I am questioning the dichotomic separation between what is considered to be good and bad and presenting that what is considered by the colonial and patriarchal gaze as “dirty” or “forbidden” as purifying and hilling, as a feminine, decolonial, and intersectional feminist justice, protest and resilience.
From Wikipedia: Tame, Hebrew טמא, usually rendered "impure" in English, comes from the Torah and stands adjectivally for persons or objects in the status of ritual impurity. The opposite word to tame or tum'a טֻּמְאָה is tahor or tahara.
*Tmea is the feminine form of Tame
T‘ME‘A was part of the group exhibition and performance event VERSTRICKUNGEN, curated by Eyal Dinar and Andrea Isa at the Plan D gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany between December 17th, 2021 and January 9th, 2022
