OPENING SEPTEMBER 30 2020, 7-10 PM
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Friedhof Forum, Aemtlerstrasse 149, 8003 Zürich
Ashes is the continuation of my work Traces about the things that are left behind when a person dies, traces of the deceased, as comforting memories for the bereaved. While my interest in Traces lies in the things that the bereaved, i.e. the living, keep for themselves, with Ashes I focus specifically on the deceased. What is left of a human body when it's dead? What immediate traces does it leave behind?
I photographed the ashes of 50 deceased in the Nordheim crematorium.
After the cremation not only ashes remain. But also things that do not burn, that do not disappear - not even at over 1000° Celsius. Once they were connected to the people they belonged to. Once they have been stripped of their original function and transformed by the heat, they are they become enigmatic objects from a distant universe.
