The Undoing: Forgiveness

Kagan received the WORD Artist Grant: The Bruce Geller Memorial Prize from the American Jewish University in 2021 to produce “The Undoing: Forgiveness,” a community video project presenting intimate stories of wrongdoing contrasted by the benefits of forgiving. In the video, artist Sharon Kagan performs a ritual knitting practice accompanied by a loving-kindness meditation in response to private stories of wrongdoing and forgiveness recorded by a diverse group of artists and community members.

Kagan’s recent video performance “The Undoing: Forgiveness” examines how we forgive. What is it to forgive? What is it to be forgiven? This work expands the feminist tenants of liberation, diversity and justice.