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Melissa Shiff: Proměna rituálu/ Reframing Ritual
(90 words)

Authors

Melissa Shiff, Louis Kaplan, Michaela Hájková.

Curator

Michaela Hájková.

Sponsor

Embassy of Canada.

Imprint

Prague, Czech Republic, 2006. 35 pp., illustrations: 63 col., 21 × 22 cm. Czech and English.

Location

Jewish Museum in Prague (6 April–4 June 2006)

Description

Video installation “Postmodern Jewish Wedding”, which documents Melissa Shiff’s wedding ceremony, in which she sought to reinvigorate and rejuvenate Jewish rituals through the incorporation of modern technology and culture, and the re-writing and reinterpretation of texts and traditions.

main keywords

SHIFF, MELISSA
VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
WEDDING/MARRIAGE

minor keywords

Canada
Jewish Art, contemporary/modern

Cite this page
“Melissa Shiff: Proměna rituálu/ Reframing Ritual”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1874>
First published online: 2019



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