The Art Of Death
Last week i attended a really insightful talk at The Henry Moore Institute
which was part of the Katrina Palmer: The Necropolitan Line exhibition.
the Talks by Dr Jessica Barker with “ The Voices of the Dead : Ventriloquism and sculpture in the later middle ages”
and Dr Irene Noy “Sonic Imagination in modern sculpture”
Were very interesting in particularly learning about dirge and “the absent as present” in regards to The Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral and The Fitzalan Chapel Effigys and tomb monuments.
These great iron structures of brass,bronze,marble, with speech scrolls voices of the dead to ring out in the present by the performers who recited them.
“ have mercy on me my lord, save me, because my hope is in you “
The last talk was by Professor Nigel Llewellyn
who is also the author of The Art of Death.
Pro Liewellyn talk about this exhibition “ the Art of Death at the V&A and about
visual culture in the english death ritual of the post Reformation time 1500-1800 which was fascinating to hear about so much so i ordered the book the next day.
This is really helping me with my on going research and art practice looking at Death and how we remember with places and monuments.
Also its so good to be able to attend free talks at The Henry Moore Institute , what a great place and resource to have in Yorkshire.
