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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
The Tanatorium Sheds Literal Sunlight on Grieving Families
An architect builds a space for families to remember loved ones in peace
When you think of a death-centered art project, you probably don’t picture a massive concrete building. Yet this is exactly what architect Juan Carlos Salas created when he designed a unique tanatorium (literally “mortuary”) located on the outskirts of Zaragoza, Spain. On the … Continue reading
Thai Artist Lectures to Corpses on Topic of Death
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook explores worldly and esoteric topics through conversations with the dead
Thai-born artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s series of performance pieces, collectively called “Death Seminar,” involves the artist engaged in reciprocal interactions with corpses — often in the form of conversation — where language is used to reveal social blind spots around how we think … Continue reading
Beautiful Portraits Bear Witness to Death
Deathbed portraits pay homage to the dead and inform our understanding of what it is to be alive
In today’s youth-obsessed culture, the twin subjects of aging and death are largely taboo. Although attitudes are changing, many people whose loved ones are dying hold on to the belief that it’s best to remember the person, “as they were … Continue reading
Artist Depicts Transformative Nature of Death in Visionary Paintings
Autumn Skye Morrison finds beauty in the big picture
Autumn Skye Morrison has been called a visionary artist, but it could just as easily be said that she simply sees the bigger picture of our time on Earth. Her paintings are saturated with themes of birth, death and transformation, … Continue reading
Crematorium in Amiens Combines Science with Art
An architect creates a soothing, functional space for families
When you hear the word “crematorium,” it is rarely accompanied by the word “beautiful.” Recently, however, the architectural firm Plan 01 set out to change this common perception with two unique crematoriums, the Rennes Métropole Crematorium and the Crematorium in Amiens in France. Both buildings … Continue reading
Digitized Memorial Reflects Impermanence of Life
"Family Tree" from Lithuanian designers subjects at-home cremains to tech failure
Lithuanian designers Loucas Papantoniou and Asta Sadauskaite have developed the “Family Tree” — a sleek, modern, beehive-style wall mounted structure designed to keep family cremains in a single unified place within the home, complete with backlit LED memorial message screens programmable … Continue reading
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