Don’t Forget | J. Eliza Wall

Jun 22

Written By Elsewhere Living Museum & Artist Residency

Joy Elisabeth Waldinger (Philadelphia PA) | June 2026

Found objects (fabric, gold leaf, broken globes, broom handle, paper, bowling ball bag, string, scrap wood).

A staff of the globe and a large poppy flower, bound together: a reminder that what happens anywhere happens to all of us. This piece holds space for Gaza, for a genocide that continues even as it drifts from public discourse and collective consciousness. The bowling ball carries that weight literally, its heaviness a stand-in for what we risk setting down when we look away. The work asks us not to forget, and not to let forgetting become something we do quietly, without noticing.

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resident, residency #118, 2026, Research Residency, Joy Elisabeth Waldinger

Joy Elisabeth Waldinger

resident, residency #118, 2026, Research Residency, Joy Elisabeth Waldinger

J. Eliza Wall (Joy Elisabeth Waldinger) is a storyteller (artist/writer/filmmaker) and art teacher from Philadelphia. She writes, produces, directs, films, and edits her short films. Her work explores various topics—the human condition, family dynamics, relationships, nostalgia, connection to nature, and mental and physical health—in an attempt to restore connections in a fractured world. She believes that art is a powerful tool that can generate change and healing on a local and global level. Her short films have won awards in national and international film festivals and she has been published in a variety of literary magazines. In 2020 she published her children’s book Like The Sun Holds The Moon: A Children’s Book and her book. Her book, Like The Sun Holds The Moon: A Novel was published during the lunar eclipse of May 2022 by Little Creek Press. Her newest children’s book (TRASH CRAB) was published by Little Creek Press on Earth Day 2023.

resident, residency #118, 2026, Research Residency, Joy Elisabeth Waldinger

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