Som Chai meets my family & friends
I am so excited that Som Chai is now in Oz and has been granted a partner visa.
He's met my family and friends, and even come along to Uni with me.
It is wonderful having him here with me - no more lonely nights or awkward outings on my own!
I can throw my wish list in the fire now because he fulfils all my dreams. I am so proud of him - he is charismatic, generous and kind, and he is also Budhist and a meditator!
I wondered whether there was a difference between art made by a human and art made by a machine? So I made a fan that painted, and I became a painting human fan.
Conclusion: there was no difference.
Just an Ordinary Peasant is based on my uncle’s experience as an inmate at Treblinka extermination camp in 1944. His memoir recounts that while being forced to carry corpses from the gas chambers to an open-air pyre, he was handed a sack which held little children who were still alive. The guard commanded the sack be thrown into the fire. The woman I play in Just an Ordinary Peasant is a hybrid character created from the memoirs of my uncle, my parents and my own research. She sings and dances and also throws a sack of babies into the fire. This piece explores my own biases as well as questions the culpability of ‘ordinary people’ who were accomplices to the atrocities carried out during the Third Reich.
Déjà vu
Lady Gaza
Lady Gaza represents the evil of today’s antisemitism. She is a woke who preaches hate and intimidates all who do not subscribe to her radical agenda. She praises the terrorist organisation, Hamas, and says the October 7 attacks were justified. She sees herself as a righteous freedom fighter, fighting for the innocent underdog.
In time she implodes, becoming unhinged and embroiled in her self-sabotaging demise.
A Day in the Life of Lady Gaza, photos by Raf Korman
A Day in the Life of a Performance Artist
Political turmoil in the Middle East has translated into fear in the West. From that fear, prejudice is born. My aunty, Jane Korman, is a performance artist. Through performative persona, Jane reflects notions of prejudice and the outcomes of political discord. Using the persona of Miss World Peace, Jane personifies the naïve optimism brought about by attempts at peace between Israel and Palestine. Following the breakdown of peace, Miss World Peace transforms into Missed World Peace and Lady Gaza. These subsequent personas represent the trauma that flows from failed negotiations and perpetual conflict. Trauma symptoms include depression, alienation, destitution, destruction and ultimately madness
The Day in the Life series is shot by Raphael Korman: raphaelkorman.com
Music credits: The Prodigy – Breathe
 Old, tired and fragile. Photographer: Raf Korman |  The self-righteous-traitor Jew. |
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 Self-assured Woke |  Today’s Antisemite |
 Psychosis sliding in... |  The end of Louise |
 Deranged Lady Gaza |