Urtzi Grau and Guillermo Fernandez Abascal have worked with a series of collaborators, including Australian artist Charlotte Haywood, on their Succah entitled A Portable Territory. In this episode, we sat down with Urtzi and Guillermo to talk about this highly collaborative and multi-layered project.

Succah by the Sea

Episode 3 Interview with Urtzi and Guillermo, Succah Sculpture titled Portable Territory

Succah by the Sea, an installation at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019 is an exciting collaboration with Shalom. Succah by the Sea reimagines a 3000 year old Jewish ritual and structure through a 21st century lens. For over 3000 years, Jews around the world have left the comforts of their homes to eat and sleep in a temporary structure, during a week-long festival called Succot. The structure, called a succah, has a roof made from leaves or sticks, and impermanent walls. The philosophical ideas of the festival are ideas that modern Australian society are currently discussing - environmentalism, displacement, home and community. In collaboration with Sculpture by the Sea, the idea for Succah by the Sea was developed by Shalom, a Sydney Jewish cultural organisation and inspired by Reboot’s New York project SukkahCity. Artistic Directors Office Feuerman, a Sydney-based design and research studio, selected six emerging architectural practices to reimagine the succah with a 21st century lens. Together they will form a succah village - a space for people to gather, congregate and contemplate the themes of this ancient ritual and its relevance to our world today.

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