Magen David
(Thoughts inspired by the Wizard of Oz)
The expectation to find a homeland where each of us can be understood and appreciated... a place that exists somewhere outside of our dreams, a place of peace that we earn and build with hard work. Can such an utopia exist? Can it last?
During the performance, my body was used as a stamp. Attached to the wall from the center of my body, I rotated and left marks on the wall until the form of a Magen David could be seen.
Magen David - 2010
This performance Magen David was shown in the Halalit Gallery in Tel-Aviv in 2010 during the Tel-Aviv performance festival 'Oz in the city'. The performance lasted 1 hour 30 min during which I painted the wall in red, sewed a foam cloth, hanged myself on a rotating screw and painted a Star of David with my arms stretched apart.
Magen David - 2010
Photograph - Edition of 8 - 50x50cm
The hard work building the shape of the Magen David is part of the process. Body used as a tool, the vehicle of the soul creates a shape whose meaning is a lot bigger than himself, bigger than what the mind allows him to perceive. The elevation of the human being through the 'avoda', the labor.
Documentation of Performance of 1hour 30minutes made in the Halalit Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 2010.