Justice once dwelled there

A one-time virtual meeting with the legendary guitarist Shlomo Mizrahi.

In the bell tower of YMCA, only for a couple of viewers,

he plays a solo lament for his hometown Jerusalem.

A lament for the spiritual neglect that had taken hold of the place

at that time, outside the tower,

fire is besieging Jerusalem — as a sign of the impending destruction.

And at the end, against the backdrop of black skies, two inscriptions appear.

Miri Segal is a new-media artist who explores in her works the relationships between technology, consciousness, and politics. Many of her works invade the bodies of the viewers in unexpected ways, transforming them from passive spectators into active participants.

Ofer Getz is an interactive media designer. A graduate of the Department of Visual Communication at Bezalel, 2012, and holds an M.Des degree from the Visual Communication Master’s program at Bezalel (2019). He engages in content creation in the fields of XR and virtual spaces.

Destruction is an integral part of the history of the city of Jerusalem, a recurring pattern, an open wound, a future that looks back. This work was born from the shadow of a forgotten past. A counter-culture that blossomed in Jerusalem in the 1960s and faded away. It seeks to examine the possibility of redemption which occurs in an imagined, virtual space.

Ticket Price: Book a seat for 10 NIS at the Manofim website. After booking a seat, an additional fee of 25 NIS is to be paid upon arrival.

The piece is available to only two participants in each round.