Zodiacs and the Lower East Side
An Interactive Web Work by:
Kristine Tonski
Cynthia Beth Rubin
Yona Verwer
References
Miriam Aranoff and Elissa Sampson
Mazalot Paintings at Stanton
Jill Hammer
Tel Shemesh
Michel Garel, ed
D'une main Forte: manuscrits hébreux collections françaises
Paris, Seuil 1991
Elissa Sampson, interview conducted by Yona Verwer
© Sampson and Verwer, 2015
Music and Sound
Traditional Yiddish songs,
performed by Sylvia Rubin Tepperman
recorded by Sydney R. Rubin
© Rubin Family archives
Electronic music - assorted excerpts
Composed by Bob Gluck
Vocals (when present) by Zoe Zak
© Bob Gluck
electricsongs.com
Visual Source Material
Original Photographs
© Cynthia Beth Rubin / Yona Verwer
Historic Photographs
© Rubin Family Archives
Zodiac Images from Historic Hebrew Manuscripts and Artifacts
Source Imagery in the Public Domain:
Hebrew Manuscript 685, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Moïse Maïmonide, Samuel ben Yehûdah ibn Tibbon. Dalālaẗ al-ḥāʾrīn (hébreu). Ferrare (Italie) 1470
Hebrew Manuscript 1120, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Southern Germany, 1480 - 1500
Digital and Analog Paintings
Cynthia Beth Rubin / Yona Verwer