A candle lit forever, for you.

Everyone knows someone who has been affected by October 7th, 2023 & its aftermath.

It began with the massacre at the Nova Festival and, with unimaginable cruelty, unfolded across the south of Israel- reaching our neighborhoods, communities, kibbutzim, and touching our neighbors, friends, fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters. This tragedy has shaken every sphere of life here. We are living through one of the darkest chapters in our shared history- as Jews, as Israelis, and as ALL people who call this land home.

This is why I created A candle lit forever, for you. When government's and words fail to contain or address the collective grief, art becomes the vessel. This work is for the 1,400 souls, for our families and friends, for the psy-trance music community, and for all lives lost across every border, culture, faith, and community. Together, we stand in heartbreak and unity, in darkness and in light.

I, too, like countless others, have lost dear friends and am still waiting for others to return.

I, too, am heartbroken for what has happened to our communities and for the long journey of healing that lies ahead.

I, too, feel the unshakable need to commemorate the lives of the angels taken from us, as well as to hold hope for those still in need of rescue and restoration.

I, too, wish for this war to end, for humanity to be restored, and for bridges of healing to reach all who have been affected.

🕯️: To the ones who Danced,

🕯️: לאלה שרקדו,

🕯️: إلى الذين رقصوا،

🕯️: To the ones healing from the trauma or still in it, YOU'RE COMING HOME,

🕯️: לאלה שמחלימים מהטראומה או שעדיין נמצאים בה, אתם חוזרים הביתה.

🕯️: إلى الذين يتعافون من الصدمة أو ما زالوا يعيشونها - أنتم عائدون إلى الوطن.

🕯️: To the ones who Protected us,

🕯️: לאלה שהגנו עלינו,

🕯️: إلى الذين حَمَونا،

🕯️: To the ones we love,

And to the ones we miss,
A candle lit forever, for you.

🕯️: לאהובים שלנו, ולאלה שאנחנו מתגעגעים אליהם - נר דולק לנצח, בשבילכם.

🕯️: إلى من نحبهم، وإلى من نفتقدهم - شمعة مضيئة إلى الأبد، من أجلكم.

The Painting:

INSTALLATION PROJECT FOR THE PUBLIC

Friends who are now angels:

I plan to create a large-scale rectangular structure that is essentially a room in a public space. The exterior sides of the rectangle will be 3 sections of walls and 1 side of the rectangle will have an opening into a space inside. Each wall is painted, containing the repetition of a poem, in English, Hebrew and Arabic. Each wall will have shelves filled with commemorative wax dripping and frozen in time.

When the viewer walks inside the space of the structure, they will see that all the walls are painted black. This inside space invites the viewer to draw or names, wishes, and prayers that commemorates the lives/angels and all those affected by October 7th and the on-going war.

The art installation has no ceiling; the room has an open roof so the viewer can see the sky, a symbol of hope. If the art installation is inside, the viewer will be encouraged to look up and see a light projected.

Look below at the visual renderings of the structure.

The Plan:

Visual Rendering:

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The Room: (previous installation)

A Call For Support:

This project began as a backyard painting, and soon hundreds asked me to light candles in solidarity or in memory of those affected by October 7th. Realizing there was no space large enough to hold the scale of this collective memory, the installation was born. With community support, it can reach its full potential- impacting the psytrance community, beloved families, loved ones, and all who see its light shine in the darkest of times.