הבית האישי

Commemoration activities have become a distinct element in our everyday space, the subject of commemoration and remembrance has become a social issue with a significant spatial and spiritual volume. In terms of space, Israel has become the country with the highest number of monuments and memorial buildings in relation to the number of the fallen. Visiting memorials is a ritual that we choose to go through. The ritual has a defined narrative that harnesses the personal memory of the families and the fallen and transforms them into collective commemoration and remembrance, ones that serve the national ethos and strengthen its eternity and correctness. Personal commemoration, on the other hand, has no fixed narrative. It is usually carried out by friends and family, it is done privately and is usually not recognized by the establishment. The events of the seventh of October and the following large amount of fallen. I noticed that the need arose to create personal commemoration movements, hence the project deals with the privatization of the collective memory and giving priority to the personal memory and its commemoration. The project takes place on a spatial and local scale, with a spatial reference: the creation of the axis of commemoration along Highway 232, at shelters, at intersections and at the places where the soldiers fell. On the axis, it will be possible to hold a personal commemoration along with a collective commemoration. In a local context, a commemorative site will be established located in the 'Habsor' river area, the choice of the site stems from the need to create a space of respite – breathing after the intensity involved in crossing Route 232. The commemoration site will be a home for the personal life story of the fallen and will allow a place for personal commemoration, meeting and conversation. The axis of commemoration will be a chain of personal stories woven into a new collective story that confronts the existing national prism.