The work deals with memories of immigration that undermine the institutionalized narratives associated with immigration to Israel. It began with meetings with local residents and the artist’s father, who shared objects and images that reflect the gap between their dream of immigration and the reality they actually experienced. The images were processed into charcoal drawings, which were embedded in sugar castings. These were hung as a giant chandelier that gradually melted into a puddle of sugar and charcoal that formed at the bottom of the water tower.

The work with the water tower – a structure that constitutes a kind of monument or symbol of the pioneering period – is an essential part of the project, especially in light of the Tivon community’s preoccupation with commemoration and memory.

Some of the participants’ memories and experiences were processed into a performance that responded to the tower and its surroundings and brought to life in space physical moments and collective essences from the stories of immigration.