Ι am making an attempt here to reconstruct an event that is almost 45 years old, with some hesitation as to whether it is appropriate to conjure it up today, or better to leave it in the past. Today, this reconstruction requires some explanations or introductory remarks, which are of a somewhat didactic or apologetic nature. I apologize in advance for the didactic tone, and certainly for the apologetics [my apology].
We are dealing with a miniature play, or a short quasi socialist-zionistic ‘agit-prop’, based totally on literary quotations, of the kind that was popular in schools, kibbutzim and youth movements in Israel. This time the quotation are mainly taken from the poetry of Aharon shabtai. The work was originally commissioned for the Tel Hai 80 Contemporary Art Meeting (1980). I am indebted to Yossi Marchaim, who also took part in the electronic preparation and live performance. The piece was finally performed not in Tel Hai, but at the Tel Aviv Museum (1980), and Bet Ariella (1981).