This series was inspired by the private diary of my grandmother, which she had brought from her homeland, whose writing commenced when she was a young electrical-engineering student in a gymnasium in Russia and continued after her immigration to Israel as a grown woman.
The series engages in the historical story of my family and in the various characters who played a prominent part in it and created the familial lineage, which is intertwined with the complex story of the establishment of the state in which I was born and of their ordeals prior to their arrival in Israel, as well as thereafter.
I created an imagined encounter between myself and various characters belonging to different generations of my family by use of historical, personal belongings which were either brought by members of my family from their homelands or originate in Israel, where they built their home. At times, the objects are integrated into the wide array of Israeli landscapes, and at times – into imaginary dark rooms. An intense contrast exists between the darkness of the rooms and the bright colorfulness of the landscapes, but the objects create a uniformity and continuity of the theme.
On the one hand, it is a historical, autobiographical story; on the other, it is relevant to all times and places and could evoke identification and memories in many individuals, wherever they may be.
