About The Project
(RE)velation is an effort to more deeply understand God's 613 mitzvot - the commandments handed down to the Jews which touch almost every aspect of life. Some of these laws make sense in a modern context, while others have simply lost their meaning. What, after all, does it mean to not consult wizards? How relevant to us is the commandment to salt all sacrifices? We seek to remix, reimagine and reinterpret these laws for a modern audience in both serious and humorous ways, and to apply these mitzvah more practically to every day life.
About The Event
(RE)velation will be presented at DAWN, a Shavuot celebration at the new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco on June 7, 2008.
Participants are invited to edit or alter the text of the original 613 mitzvot, record their own readings of them, and experience them broadcast and projected in space. Submissions will be collected before the event on this website, and during the actual event. The audio and text will then be presented to attendees as a modern day reimagining of standing at the steps of Mount Sinai - the mitzvot will be delivered in all of their many forms and intepretations.
About The Artists
Ben Brown is a well known internet personality and the creator of many online communities and art projects. Visit his website.
Ari Y Kelman is an assistant professor of American Studies at the University of California at Davis, He is the author of "Station Identification: a cultural history of Yiddish radio," and the editor of a forthcoming volume of the work of cartoonist Milt Gross.