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Day Figure
Tog-Figurn (Day-Figures, 1930) Debora Vogel was born on the 4th of January. And to mark this day here is a short piece referring to her Top-Figurn poetry collection, an example of literary Cubism with its characteristic play of contours, colours […]
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Mannequins
Manekinen (Mannequins, 1934) Manekinen collection is a subtle and ironic criticism of the state of society – the world of goods and advertising where objects become autonomous, mass produced, alienated from human agency. The border between what is real and […]
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Poetry of Debora Vogel
While at the university Debora Vogel wrote German poetry, but gradually became familiar with Yiddish literature and began to write in that language encouraged by her friend and colleague Rachel Auerbakh. She became active in Yiddish literary circles and wrote […]
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Project participants
We have been discussing the experience and the process with people we met on our journey. What is the story we are trying to tell? Is it about Debora Vogel as an intellectual, a writer, a feminist, a Gertrude Stein of […]
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‘Seed to Harvest’ Sukkot meal and live performance
‘Seed to Harvest’ Sukkot meal and live performance I organised in Dublin last Sunday is a side story from the trip to Ukraine. The Quartet (Olesya Zdorovetska – voice, Nick Roth – saxophones, Olie Brice – double bass, Matthew Jacobson – percussion) […]
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If you nod, the camera nods
We have been discussing the research process with those involved or simply interested in the project from our first day in Lviv. What is the story we are trying to tell? Is it about Debora Vogel as an intellectual, a […]