Tag Archives: Installation


Digitized Memorial Reflects Impermanence of Life

"Family Tree" from Lithuanian designers subjects at-home cremains to tech failure
Posted on May 8, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

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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Controversial Art Finds a Home in the East Bay

Varese Layzer's Artwork Joins Others' Addressing the Loss of a Loved One
Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Photographer Varese Layzer has found a welcoming home for her collection Making Room, photographs that document her experience of clearing out her childhood home after her mother’s death. Nine months ago, the collection was removed from its promised (and contracted) … Continue reading →

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The Labyrinthine Path through Grief

Artist Motoi Yamamoto's installations are exercises to aid his healing.
Posted on January 22, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Japanese installation artist Motoi Yamamoto was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, and worked in a dockyard before studying at Kanazawa College of Art. He now lives in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. After his sister’s death to brain cancer over a decade ago, … Continue reading →

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