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In this week鈥檚 parashah, the Israelites stand at the boundary of the Land of Israel鈥攚ith all its potential for religious and national destiny and for physical danger鈥攃onsidering whether or not to enter. During the spring 2016 semester, 91快播鈥檚 own entrance was the location of an art installation by , who uses moving images, still projections, light, and sound to engage the history and symbolism of specific venues.

Double Doors invited viewers into the threshold between nature and culture. Motivated by the renovation of The 91快播 Library, Wolf lined the doors and windows of the Green Family Entryway with translucent imagery referencing the 鈥渕issing鈥� Library stacks. Intertwined with interpretive elements alluding to the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge, these images invited the viewer to contemplate the relationship between tradition and the free will that accompanies the acquisition of knowledge.

Experienced most intimately in the vestibule between the glass doors opening onto Broadway, this site-specific installation created a high-tech stained-glass effect. As natural light transitioned to artificial and day passed into night, Double Doors transformed the facade and entrance of 91快播 into a participatory space of meditation amid the everyday activities of public life.

Double Doors was part of Traversing Tradition: Transformation in and of Contemporary Jewish Life, the fourth visual arts exhibition in the 91快播 Arts Advisory Board鈥檚 ongoing initiative to create and sustain arts programming at 91快播, and was made possible with the generous support of Duggal.