Michael Gadish

LABA Project

Cartographies of the Wind

Oral storytelling performance.

Presentation of an illustrated book by Fernando Cardona – softcover edition.

Live music performance by Ofer Ronen.

Exhibition of the book’s contents:
Installation with explanatory panels and illustrated boards available for visitors.
Dice and notebook to record the outcomes of the game.
Printed illustrations on sheets and colored pencils for visitors to color.

LABA Change: How does Jewish narrative change after October 7, 2023, and the Palestinian

genocide that followed?

My temple was the smell of salt, jasmine, and gasoline at sunset.
It was the scent of my city, of long conversations with my friends.

I understand diaspora as living in one place while dreaming of another. I think I have kept dreaming of that temple, even though it cannot be found on any map. Because there is nowhere to return to: the place was occupied by those who expelled me.

How have I changed after a year-long process with the study groups and the creative journey of LABA 2025? I feel that, for the first time in my life, I emotionally inhabit the diaspora as my home, instead of seeing it as an illness to be healed.

The nuances of this process will be shared through an illustrated book in the form of a narrative game, a musical recording, and a performance of oral storytelling, in collaboration with Ofer Ronen, Fernando Cardona, and Gastón Lisak.

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