Hadassa Goldvicht: Jonah

In 2012 Hadassah 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.

Video, 8:33 mins.The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Purchase, “Here & Now” Contemporary Israeli Art Acquisitions Committee, Israel, with additional support from Efrat Weiman Gershuni, in honor of her parents, Shulamit and Itzhak Weiman, Tel Aviv