LISTENING TO OBJECTS Hermeneutic Encounters with the Other Dr. Jeffrey Murer ISRF Flexi Grant Recipient 2019
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t first, I could not discern what I was seeing: thousands of small metal disks piled on top of one another, covering the floor of the stark hall of unadorned, brutalist concrete. At the other end from where I was standing, two people, an older couple, walked delicately across the metal pieces, nonetheless causing a horrible crashing sound. The sound disturbed me; but when I recognised that the disks were small abstract cut-outs of human faces, I burst into tears. In that moment I could hear the faces screaming, and I was transported on a wave of sorrow and loss. I do not suspect that everyone, or even
A close up of Shalekhet (Fallen Leaves), Menashe Kadishman (Israel, 1932-2015). Image by the author. 37
