Venice
Venice was all about a residency/workshop for Jewish Book Week 2019 designed for translators and writers to produce material that worked coherently in the respective dual languages themed on identity. Guests from Germany, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and the England attended. Meeting a rabbi and curator and learning about different aspects of Jewish history is something that resonated with me from my own cultural melting pot. It was an intense time for all the people involving being organised into pairs to work together and then for a group discussion. Theme was identity so not a light subject area but something to really consider in depth and again close to my own journey of discovery. Along this residency we learned about each other’s background and cultural identity how things differ and coincide. Interacting with all these writers treading softly whilst discussions were formed and extracting the candid out of each candidate was where my door of entry began. The main organisers from England whom I was liaising with for instruction were Sarah Gluckstein, Claudia Rubenstein and Sarah Fairbairn. They were truly accommodating characters and I feel deeply grateful for the opportunity to have documented the activity of this nature for the team.
Writing, learning and communicating 2019
Working in Pairs at the University in Venice Ca’ Foscari 2019
Overwhelmed with such a rich history we looked around… So much to see
Giueseppe – incredibly kind, attentive and informative. A new friend. Lives in Venice with his family. From Belgium. He invited us all to his beautiful home and met his warm and welcoming family and made the most incredible foods for us. He provided us with a Venetian Jewish History and hospitality that makes me want to come back soon.