Dying - Differently, Possibly
a participatory installation on 79 Angus Avenue, Kandos
part of Cementa22 festival
The social space set up outside.
All photo images above and below are taken by Karlina Mitchell https://www.karlinamitchell.com
About the work
Following a 2-year intimate engagement with local residents exploring attitudes to death and dying, WeiZen presents a shopfront dialogue. Examining the interplay between the inaudible with the public, and the visible with the private, participants are invited to sit inside with her in a one-on-one conversation. Outside, in a familiar ritual of waiting in line, the interaction is witnessed but not heard by the audience and passers-by. Participants are asked to offer a written question or contemplation on death and dying. The accumulated texts will then be displayed as an installation within the shop.
The setting inside the space when the glass doors close, where a private conversation about death and dying will take place.
Some of the questions that frame this participatory-installation:
Can a friendship take root when the first conversation between two individuals is centred around death and dying?
Can aspects of ritual structure be integrated into a performance art context, and still remain powerful in facilitating the spirit of our everyday human condition?
