Patterns of a Parachute Path

On Thursday, May 31st, LABALive Two will present an evening of subversive art and teachings on this year’s theme, WAR & PEACE. The evening will feature LABA teacher Liel Leibovitz and works-in-progress by LABA Fellows Tal GurJacob Siegel and Amy Handelsman. Here Gur serves up a few words and images apropos of his upcoming show.   

Photo by Zoe Diamant

Parachute Path is a theater piece about my father Meir Gur, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force reserve on a combat mission far from home. The mission shifts when vibrations of history, family and future surround the plane, taking him to unexpected destination where he will face his own son.