The two short, mutually complementary performances express the tension between the innocence of a childlike world and the harsh realities of a mature, cruel and disenchanted one. In First Act, the image of a princess or ballerina undergoes transformation through images of spilling sand, charged with the symbolism of mourning and time. The imagery of sand reappears in Second Act, in ways that allude to the broader contexts of local Israeli life. According to Shkedi, the goldfish swallowed alive during the performance denotes a chaotic private and collective reality, where one’s power and very existence entail the death and loss of another.
