“Thou shalt not lie with a male as with a woman. it is an abomination” (Leviticus, 18:22) is one of the explicit prohibitions on homosexual relations found in the biblical text, which became a Halacic controversy in recent decades. Observing the relationship they have with this charged verse, Chana Ben Simon and Inkyoung Bae attempt to disarm it while rearranging its letters and vocally expressing the word plays they create.

Alongside and in relation to the video work, the artists created a card game inviting visitors to assemble their own new sentences out of the letters of the verse.

Chanan Ben Simon is a Brooklyn-based singer, composer and multimedia artist, born in Jerusalem. His work deals with the power of fragility from different perspectives, through vocal expressions, visual art, and song. 

Inkyoung Bae is a South Korean artist living and working in Seoul. Combining video, animation, text, installation and performance, her works present dystopian images that oscillate between the comic and the surreal.