Mirta Kupferminc- Clamor in the Desert

An asymetrical metal sukkah set up in a courtyard. One side is fine yellow mesh, while the others are a looser grid with photographs of eyes and printed writing filling some of the gaps.

Argentine Jewish artist Mirta Kupferminc’s Clamor in the Desert, a sukkah at the Jewish History Museum in Tucson, Arizona, 2020. Site specific installation, 4 m x 4.5 m x 5 m. Wire mesh, perforated metal plate, metal tube; 300 printed eyes and 100 printed texts of the Universal Human Rights Declaration in 50 languages. Courtesy of Mirta Kupferminc.

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2020

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Mirta Kupferminc- Clamor in the Desert." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/mirta-kupferminc-clamor-desert>.