Artist:
Yael Artsi
Title:
Rabin Memorial
Year:
1996
Adress:
City Hall, Ibn Gevirol Street
www.yael-artsi.com:
Memorial Rabin Tel Aviv, Israel 1996 In 1996 Yaël Artsi sculpted the Basalt Stone Sculpture of the Memorial of Yitzhak Rabin, the former Prime Minister of Israel, who was killed in Tel Aviv. 16 huge blocks of basalt she animated for weeks in a row with all her emotions about Rabin and his assassination and shaped them together as an earthquake. She says in one of her interviews about sculpting the Memorial:
"...... Each stone expresses my despair, anguish horror and a lack of personal safety. Using interplay of light and shadow, and an appropriate texture, I created an internal movement in each stone and breathed life into the geometrical Basalt. Some of the stones reflect my memories of the great man: his softness and strength, while others evoke my emotions at the time of the murder. That is why I gave each stone a different texture, a different character."
The earthquake symbolises the shock of the assassination for the people in Israel and all over the world. The Memorial was placed right at the spot were Mr. Rabin was killed and every Sabbath many people gather there and make music in memory of the former Prime Minister and what had happened.
www.rabincenter.org.il:
The Last Speech
Address by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a Peace Rally Kings of Israel Square, Tel Aviv November 4, 1995
Allow me to say, I am also moved. I want to thank each and every one of you who stood up here against violence and for peace. This government, which I have the privilege to lead, together with my friend Shimon Peres, decided to give peace a chance. A peace that will solve most of the problems of the State of Israel. I was a military man for twenty-seven years. I fought as long as there were no prospects for peace. Today I believe that there are prospects for peace, great prospects. We must take advantage of this for the sake of those standing here, and for the sake of those who do not stand here. And they are many among our people.
I have always believed that the majority of the people want peace, are prepared to take risks for peace. And you here, by coming to this rally, along with the many who did not make it here, prove that the people truly want peace and oppose violence. Violence is undermining the very foundations of Israeli democracy. It must be condemned, denounced, and isolated. This is not the way of the State of Israel. Controversies may arise in a democracy, but the decision must be reached through democratic elections, as happened in 1992, when we were given the mandate to do what we are doing, and to continue to do it.
I want to thank the President of Egypt, the King of Jordan, and the King of Morocco, whose representatives are present here, conveying their partnership with us on the march toward peace. But above all – the people of Israel, who have proven, in the three years this government has been in office, that peace is attainable, a peace that will provide an opportunity for a progressive society and economy. Peace exists first and foremost in our prayers, but not only in prayers. Peace is what the Jewish people aspire to, a true aspiration.
Peace entails difficulties, even pain. Israel knows no path devoid of pain. But the path of peace is preferable to the path of war. I say this to you as someone who was a military man and minister of defense, and who saw the pain of the families of I.D.F. [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers. It is for their sake, and for the sake of our children and grandchildren, that I want this government to exert every effort, exhaust every opportunity, to promote and to reach a comprehensive peace.
This rally must send a message to the Israeli public, to the Jewish community throughout the world, to many, many in the Arab world and throughout the entire world, that the people of Israel want peace, support peace, and for that, I thank you very much.
Memorial Rabin Tel Aviv, Israel 1996 In 1996 Yaël Artsi sculpted the Basalt Stone Sculpture of the Memorial of Yitzhak Rabin, the former Prime Minister of Israel, who was killed in Tel Aviv. 16 huge blocks of basalt she animated for weeks in a row with all her emotions about Rabin and his assassination and shaped them together as an earthquake. She says in one of her interviews about sculpting the Memorial:
"...... Each stone expresses my despair, anguish horror and a lack of personal safety. Using interplay of light and shadow, and an appropriate texture, I created an internal movement in each stone and breathed life into the geometrical Basalt. Some of the stones reflect my memories of the great man: his softness and strength, while others evoke my emotions at the time of the murder. That is why I gave each stone a different texture, a different character."
The earthquake symbolises the shock of the assassination for the people in Israel and all over the world. The Memorial was placed right at the spot were Mr. Rabin was killed and every Sabbath many people gather there and make music in memory of the former Prime Minister and what had happened.
www.rabincenter.org.il:
The Last Speech
Address by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a Peace Rally Kings of Israel Square, Tel Aviv November 4, 1995
Allow me to say, I am also moved. I want to thank each and every one of you who stood up here against violence and for peace. This government, which I have the privilege to lead, together with my friend Shimon Peres, decided to give peace a chance. A peace that will solve most of the problems of the State of Israel. I was a military man for twenty-seven years. I fought as long as there were no prospects for peace. Today I believe that there are prospects for peace, great prospects. We must take advantage of this for the sake of those standing here, and for the sake of those who do not stand here. And they are many among our people.
I have always believed that the majority of the people want peace, are prepared to take risks for peace. And you here, by coming to this rally, along with the many who did not make it here, prove that the people truly want peace and oppose violence. Violence is undermining the very foundations of Israeli democracy. It must be condemned, denounced, and isolated. This is not the way of the State of Israel. Controversies may arise in a democracy, but the decision must be reached through democratic elections, as happened in 1992, when we were given the mandate to do what we are doing, and to continue to do it.
I want to thank the President of Egypt, the King of Jordan, and the King of Morocco, whose representatives are present here, conveying their partnership with us on the march toward peace. But above all – the people of Israel, who have proven, in the three years this government has been in office, that peace is attainable, a peace that will provide an opportunity for a progressive society and economy. Peace exists first and foremost in our prayers, but not only in prayers. Peace is what the Jewish people aspire to, a true aspiration.
Peace entails difficulties, even pain. Israel knows no path devoid of pain. But the path of peace is preferable to the path of war. I say this to you as someone who was a military man and minister of defense, and who saw the pain of the families of I.D.F. [Israel Defense Forces] soldiers. It is for their sake, and for the sake of our children and grandchildren, that I want this government to exert every effort, exhaust every opportunity, to promote and to reach a comprehensive peace.
This rally must send a message to the Israeli public, to the Jewish community throughout the world, to many, many in the Arab world and throughout the entire world, that the people of Israel want peace, support peace, and for that, I thank you very much.