Dead
dal 28/2/2001 al 10/3/2001
Segnalato da
Tord Boontje
Christine Borland
Hussein Chalayan
Duncan Copley
Milena Dopitova
Rose Finn-Kelcey
Peter Friedl
Owen Gaster
Inventory
Edward Lipski
Michael Marriot
Jessica Ogden
Simon Periton
Fiona Raby
Anthony Dunne
George Shaw
Ross Sinclair
Bob and Roberta Smith
Linder Sterling
Padraig Timoney
Gavin Turk
Lawrence Weiner
Andrèe Cooke
28/2/2001
Dead
Roundhouse, London
Towards an end to conveyor-belt funerals. Curated by Andree Cooke. Todays funerals are a Victorian invention, or at least poor vestiges of past style. The Victorians invented the coffin, the hearse, the black clothes, granite memorials, burials gowns and drapes. We unquestioningly go on.... The Dead Good Funerals Book- Sue Gill and John Fox, Welfare State International 1996.
Towards an end to conveyor-belt funerals.
Curated by Andrèe Cooke.
Todays funerals are a Victorian invention, or at least poor vestiges of past
style. The Victorians invented the coffin, the hearse, the black clothes,
granite memorials, burials gowns and drapes. We unquestioningly go on.....
The Dead Good Funerals Book- Sue Gill and John Fox, Welfare State International
1996.
The exhibition DEAD is a bridge between Welfare State International and leading
artists and designers from both the UK and abroad.
Celebrating over ten years of creating and inspiring alternative funerals,
Welfare State International have with the projects curator AndrÈe Cooke
commissioned a score of international artists, fashion and product designers to
produce functional objects for future funerals.
Since 1968 Welfare State International have been exploring through performance
and site specific work, a culture which is less material, focusing on where
people actively participate and gain the power to celebrate moments that are
wonderful and significant in their lives - weddings, naming children and burying
the DEAD.
Like WSI the artists selected were inspired by their experiences to produce
something positive, celebratory and new. All exhibits have generously been
donated by the artists to WSI and are to be auctioned to raise funds for an
annual artists bursary with WSI thus creating a legacy for the Year of the
Artist.
Artists exhibiting in DEAD include:
Tord Boontje, Christine Borland, Hussein Chalayan, Duncan Copley, Milena
Dopitova, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Peter Friedl, Owen Gaster, Inventory, Edward Lipski,
Michael Marriot, Jessica Ogden, Simon Periton, Fiona Raby and Anthony Dunne,
George Shaw, Ross Sinclair, Bob and Roberta Smith, Linder Sterling, Padraig
Timoney, Gavin Turk and Lawrence Weiner.
DEAD will feature funeral objects which are both celebratory and practical. Some
exhibit's are hi-tec such as Dunne and Rabys G.P.S (Global Positioning System)
lead memorial box which will only open in one coded and designated place on the
planet. Many are made of inexpensive materials such as Lawrence Weiners linen
body bag, with stenciled aluminum text ONE DEAD ONE on its front.
The Roundhouse - Chalk Farm Road - London, NW1 8EH - Tel: 020 74071997