Based on interviews with representatives of religious communities, funeral parlors,
ritual consultants and those affected in Sarnen, Lucerne and Bern, as well as on-site research, "myFunerals" examines rituals and practices as acts of remembrance and mourning at funerals and burials in the Sarnen community cemetery.
myFunerals consists of three parts:
#1 purification (performance)
#2 cortege (performance)
#3 grieving (mapping and displacement)
The performance no 1 purification in the funeral hall reflects the cleansing ritual by means of nail cutting.
The group performance no 2 cortege in the form of a participatory procession shifts the movable objects of remembrance and mourning from the cemetery to the motor vehicle hall on the opposite side of the valley.
The installation "no 3 grieving" in the Motorwagenhalle contains a mapping of all movable objects of remembrance and mourning .
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automatically translated from german
Masterclass 2013
place: Sarnen, Abdankungshalle Kirche St.Peter und Paul Donnerstag und Autohalle 1 der Motorwagenhalle, Militärstrasse Süd 1
KuratorIn: Spielmann, Peter
Dokumentationstyp: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action