Tel Aviv Diary: Karen Alkalay-Gut

Not as much fun as you would imagine, but fascinating nevertheless. The leper hospital is just across the street from the Jerusalem Theater, but a totally different world. There is an exhibit going on right now, but since I’m playing the role of a nurse in a student film i am getting to see places from the inside.

This is one view. I’ll put some of our own on line shortly.
Notice, said Ezi to me last night, the way they collect water at every opportunity – the angles of the paths, the pools, the roofs and drains. There is so much to learn about how life was lived in this place. The arched walls are almost a meter thick to keep out the heat and cold. There seems to be no privacy, even in the little rooms, and there are definitely no mirrors.
Pictures and poems to follow.