Victoria Cleverby

The Hebrew word ברא (bara) appears in the first sentence of the Hebrew Bible. Traditionally translated as “to create,” the verb has also been understood by a number of scholars as carrying meanings such as “to separate” or “to cut.”

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The project traces the relationship between creation and separation through the act of cutting. In the process, cutting becomes not only an act of separation, but also a means of creation. One of the works that emerged was א (the Aleph).