Berit Engen: WEFT and D'RASH – Weaving a Thousand Jewish Tapestries

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MY TAPESTRIES: 35 SERIES > The Most Beautiful Modim

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MODIM
– A Liturgical Chant From Trondheim and Skokie

The first time composer and cantor David Brandhandler (born Norway, 1913; died Skokie, 2016) sang his Modim for me was a moment when my rarely shared and sometimes misinterpreted identities determined by birth (Norwegian) and choice (Jewish), finally fell into place. Moved and comforted by his haunting musical setting of this thanksgiving prayer, I wanted to weave its words and his melody.

The continuous graphic line in all the pictures, woven in a metallic thread, traces the composition note by note. It represents a single voice calling to God, transcending space and time.

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