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Any extra funds will be put aside to be used to fund the evolution of the project.
To ignite a conversation, to create a space in which insightful and creative conversations of Life and Death can take place.
by Amy South in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Any extra funds will be put aside to be used to fund the evolution of the project.
Its aim is to ignite a conversation, to create a space in which insightful and thought-provoking conversations and creative explorations of Life, Death and Life After Death can take place in a supportive and engaging environment where a community of people can meet, inspire and empower one another.
The exhibition, 'What Does Life After Death Look Like?’ explores reality beyond life as we usually understand it.
Does Life After Death look like anything at all? Does it have a sound frequency, a colour combination, a pattern, a form? Each one of us has a unique perspective on this, and yet this question also contains the fundamental shared experience of being alive, here and now, continually returning to these questions and creating ungraspable, absurd things like art, poetry and portals to the unmanifested. Expect to encounter engaging and challenging works, from a range of disciplines (painting and photography to live art) exploring the liminal spaces between creation and cessation.
This project, which consists of an open call for responses to the question 'What Does Life After Death Look Like?', an exhibition with performance events, workshops and an online catalogue documenting the responses, emerged from personal encounters with loss and transformation.
The curation of my late father's retrospective exhibition, ‘The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far’ at the Globe Gallery in Newcastle, 2020-21, which he was able to visit 2 weeks before his death, and my participation in the Baton of Hope, the UK's biggest suicide prevention initiative, have shown me a palpable connection between art, the human spirit and the processing of life and death. Both experiences have informed my approach to and intentions driving the project and exhibition.
Your donations will afford me the time and space to carry out the necessary tasks involved to see this project to fruition.
All of the tasks require time and focus. And some cost money. To have the time to conduct this project I am living minimally with no disposable income. I believe this is a worthwhile sacrifice that will help both myself and the others involved in a variety of ways.
Sometimes we forget how much work is involved in bringing an idea into physical reality, so I thought I’d list some of the tasks involved:
This is full-time work. The potential benefits for me and the other artists involved and the gallery audience, which hopefully will include you, are abundant. I believe this project will function as a springboard and put me, and the other artists involved, in a better position to receive funding and other opportunities from a variety of sources following the exhibition. But it does require money, which I don’t have. Which is why I’m turning to you for help. All donations will be very gratefully received.
September Daytime Opening Dates and Hours
Saturday 16th 1 - 5pm
Monday 18th 1 - 5pm
Tuesday 19th 1 - 5pm
Wednesday 20th 1 - 5pm
Thursday 21st 1 - 5pm
Friday 22nd 1 - 5pm
Monday 25th 1 - 5pm
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Thank you and we hope to see you there <3