01/07/2025
This Wednesday (tomorrow!!!) we're hosting an evening of gaming, art, and philosophy, as part of a collaborative residency by KakdelArt and Herzl House.
The Great Perhaps is the name of the residency, and also the title of a hauntingly relevant indie video game, in which an astronaut from the future returns to an Earth devastated by catastrophe — drifting between the complexities of the past and the ruins of the future in order to survive.
On his deathbed, the French philosopher François Rabelais is said to have uttered the words: “I go to seek a great perhaps.”
Death is the ultimate unknown. In the moment before it, all that remains is the present — and perhaps, a moment later, even the past ceases to exist. And what awaits in the future?
According to transcendental meditation, true presence in the now — letting go of the past and the fear of the unknown — allows for profound growth.
But how can we stay in the present in a world that refuses to forget, that acts out of revenge and power, and gestures toward a future filled with violence and collapse?
What is the role of creation, of art, of play in such times?
Can cultural tools that weren’t born as political become instruments of survival, resistance, care, or comfort?
In this gathering, we’ll step together into the world of this indie game and let it open space to reflect on the time and place we live in.
We’ll play, talk, and explore questions of meaning, creativity, and playfulness — in uncertain worlds.
📍 Herzl 140, Tel Aviv
🗓 Tomorrow – Wednesday, July 2, 2025
🕗 19:00–21:00
🆓 Free entry | All welcome
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