being as i am an idiot, and having been one my whole life, i just wanna say that i find it very easy to do nothing, and go nowhere. i eat chocolate late at night in the dark. i stand in the garden also. and i’m often waiting for something to happen. and i’m stupid.

Manuscript of the Nigaristan.  Ahmad b. Muhammad Ghaffari, Persian, died 1567 Scribe: Ahmad al-Shirazi / Place:Iran, Shiraz (probably)/ Date:1573-74 CE/980/ Materials and Technique:Ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper.  x

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hadassa goldvicht, "jonah," 2012-2017, multi-channel video stills

in 2012 hadassa goldvicht created a “living space” inside a giant sculpture of a whale, where she, her spouse, and their two daughters went about the routine of daily life. this brief film captures a very small slice of three years’ of staging and documentation, alluding to the prophet Jonah's three-day sojourn inside a whale as well as to traditional depictions of the holy family – joseph, mary, and the newborn baby in his manger – seated in a cave-like space. goldvicht raises questions about the complex relationship between real life, miraculous stories, and art, blurring the boundaries between them. jonah, 2012–15.