Ushpizin: Guest and Ghost
Fri, Sep 25
|Luria Academy of Brooklyn
For the first night of Sukkot in The Neighborhood, artist Gili Avissar will activate his Sukkah installation, Ushpizin: Guest and Ghost.
Time & Location
Sep 25, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Luria Academy of Brooklyn, 664 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
About the event
For the first night of Sukkot in The Neighborhood, artist Gili Avissar will activate his Sukkah installation, Ushpizin: Guest and Ghost. This gathering will take place inside of the Sukkah, featuring a live performance, artist talk, and breaking of bread.
Ushpizin: Guest and Ghost is a temporary, outdoor, site-specific dwelling structure. This particular Sukkah is constructed using transformed flags originally constructed by Avissar to be flown in the old city of Jerusalem as part of the Mekudeshet Festival in 2017. These striking, vibrant textiles weave together the visual language of many cultures, while seeking to abstract the concept of nationality and represent all of the many groups who make a home beneath the shadow of these flags.
These flags have subsequently been shown in Berlin, and will now come to Brooklyn where they will transform into an immersive structure. At this opening night gathering, movement artist Liron Kichler will perform…