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The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has come under heavy scrutiny lately after the public venue held a “playful demon summoning session” for families and children, topped off by a performance called “Lilit the Empathic Demon.”
The description of the event reads:
At August Free First Saturday, Brooklyn-based artist Tamar Ettun (she/they) will present Lilit the Empathic Demon. The performance is inspired by Lilit, an aerial spirit demon with origins in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Judaic mythology.
Families are invited to create a vessel to trap the demon that knows them best—perhaps the “demon of overthinking”—and then participate in a playful ceremony to summon and befriend their demon.
This project was organized in collaboration with Dreamsong, which will also host a conversation between the artist and writer Elisabeth Workman on August 4 at 5:30 pm.
On a separate page Tamar Ettun displays some of her works on display at that museum, explaining the ancient practice of creating “demon traps” – which she would later teach families and children how to do as well.
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