Funerary Artefacts, Cemetery Souvenirs and Final Resting Places

C. Bell
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This photo essay discusses artworks that explore the commemorative dimensions of death through socially-engaged artistic processes, and the use of Oasis® floral foam—an ephemeral material that is integral to making flower arrangements that venerate the cycles of life and the celebratory milestones between birth and death. It examines the material’s uncanny corporeal associations when it is formed into vessels, and the ways in which the foam may be seen to transform meaning into materiality. It reflects on how the exhibition of cremated remains of Roman Londoners with associated funerary vessels, titled Roman Dead, at the Museum of London Docklands, informed a series of miniature foam gravestones adorned with custom-designed vessels created on site at East London’s Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, and a series of art workshops in hospice settings with palliative care staff, which were designed to promote meaningful reflection and healthy discussion about death and dying.
殡葬文物、墓地纪念品及最后安息地
这篇摄影文章讨论了通过社会参与的艺术过程探索死亡纪念维度的艺术作品,以及Oasis®花卉泡沫的使用,这是一种短暂的材料,是制作花卉插花所不可或缺的,它尊重生命的循环和出生与死亡之间的庆祝里程碑。它考察了材料在形成容器时的不可思议的肉体联系,以及泡沫可能被视为将意义转化为物质的方式。它反映了伦敦港区博物馆(Museum of London Docklands)展出的罗马伦敦人的火化遗骸和相关的殡葬器皿,名为“罗马死者”(Roman Dead),是如何在东伦敦塔哈姆雷特公墓公园(Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park)现场制作的一系列微型泡沫墓碑上装饰着定制设计的器皿,以及在临终关怀环境中与临终关怀人员一起举办的一系列艺术研讨会,旨在促进对死亡和临终的有意义的反思和健康的讨论。
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