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"The rest is silence"
DEATH BE KIND
8th of November 2011
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Would you be willing to make or exhibit an existing artwork you have created featuring or a response to the human skull?
Please register here before October 24 if you would like to participate.
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The last days of DEATH BE KIND are drawing near and our final show will open on Tuesday November 8th 2011, titled "The rest is silence".
Whether repulsed by the commercialisation of the skull or seduced by historical aesthetics this project is an opportunity for contributing artists to comment and explore concepts, memories and individual relationships with this universal deathly symbol of humanity.
A display module will be built to evoke a catacomb chamber, creating an engaging and poetic environment to house the art and artefacts. Similar to a catacomb and the practise of burying ordinary citizens en masse, this project is conceptually underpinned by the presentation of the works devoid of labelling. However, the works will be captioned in a book to accompany the exhibition.
November 1st and 2nd are days that have traditionally been associated with remembering the dead; All Saints Day, All Souls Day and Day of the Dead, are all celebrations of rememberance for family and friends, the known and the unknown who have passed away. But unfortunately it is also Melbourne Cup day so we thought it wise to open a week later on Tuesday November 8th 2011.“The rest is silence” are the last words uttered by Shakespeare’s original anti-hero Hamlet before he dies in the final act.
Representations of the human skull play a central role in the iconic symbology of death. Skulls are always anonymous, and treated as objects rather than subjects. They are not somebody. They represent everybody; humankind.
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DEATH BE KIND needs your help to stage an exhibition and publish a book that will create a metaphoric shrine to the skull and its representations in contemporary art and culture.This collaboration will collect together writing, artwork by contemporary artists as well as collected images or objects both hand made and mass produced that respond to the human skull.
DEADLINE
OCTOBER 24 2011
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Register here before October 24 if you would like to participate.
"The rest is silence" exhibition has been conceived of by Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson to create a mass object of skulls as an experiential installation in the gallery space.
Your artwork
contribution
will be placed within the context of a large display along with many other skull objects.A hard cover book will accompany the installation detailing each skull and the stories of their production and acquirement.
To allow time for printing we request you make an image of your object and submit it to us with the details. Click below to register.
24 OCTOBER 2011 entries close
29-30 OCTOBER 2011 deliver work to the gallery
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NOVEMBER 2011 exhibition opens
11 DECEMBER 2011 exhibition closes and book launched
17-18 DECEMBER 2011 pick up work from the gallery
FEBRUARY 2012 Book Launch
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We would like to thank Lisa Young, without her generosity and vision the gallery would not have been possible.
We would also like to thank Christine Schmidt whose expert assistance has been invaluable for this project
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DEATH BE KIND
Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson
with Dani Hakim, Jess Kelly, Jade Bitar, Ellie Robinson, Holly Sperrin
"As you were
I was
As I am
you will be"
Opening Hours
Friday 6-8pm
Saturday + Sunday 2-6pm
or by appointment
ER: 0401346520
CL: 0448 381 651
Upstairs @
THE ALDERMAN
134 Lygon Street
Brunswick VIC 3056