Leshuvam

This page has been created to express the wish for the safe return of those who were kidnapped and those who went out to defend.

The inscription includes the word "לשובם" (Leshuvam), which contains the letters of the word "שלום" (Shalom), and the essence of the wish is for their return in peace (לשובם בשלום). The wish for their return in peace constitutes a common goal for most citizens of Israel, and this web page does not intend to engage in the divisive question of the correct path to this goal.

Explanation of the projects on this site:

The first project inaugurated on this site was the "Declaration of Independence Project," which called for the public presentation of the Declaration of Independence. This project has been very successful, and since its launch, the Declaration of Independence and its values of "liberty, justice, peace" have been presented in public spaces, with the national flag returning to its apolitical status, representing both liberals and conservatives alike.

A later initiative, "Project 75," called for the 75th anniversary of the State of Israel to enact an enlightened constitution and to reset the political and legal systems based on this constitution, as well as to legislate a general amnesty law (except for those posing a threat to public safety). This project aimed to turn the constitutional and political crisis into an opportunity for solution, but it didn’t take off due to a short window of time that hindered its momentum.

A common theme among these projects is a moderate pragmatist perspective that recognizes the liberal values of the Declaration of Independence—"liberty, justice, peace"—as the foundational charter of Israeli society.

This site serves as the home of an innovative artistic theory called the The Tel Aviv New Dogma. One reason for developing this theory was the desire to reconnect visual art with a pragmatic audience that had distanced itself for various reasons and to make visual art an integral part of everydayness, both in times of distress and in times of peace. According to The Tel Aviv New Dogma, the time for engaging in art is always now. This theory posits that art is an interpretative process that occurs within the viewer's experience; thus, the viewer is the artist. Anyone who participates in the creation is a creator. A work of art is anything designed to impact the experiencing individual.

Art, as an interpretative process, is a broad definition that encompasses a wide range, from renowned masterpieces to advertisements that no one remembers. Given this vast quantity, one must ask: what is good art? The answer is simple—it's the contribution of the work to the richness of public language that distinguishes good art, meaning art that enriches public discourse, from art that does not.

The Tel Aviv New Dogma also addresses questions such as truth in art, technology in art, and the roles of various actors—creators, museums, galleries, critics, curators, art collectors, and the public—in the contexts of art and commercial art.

For more details about the theory: The Tel Aviv New Dogma