The Deathbed Project

Art Ritual Research Performance

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The Great Liberation 

(death practice meditation)

written and spoken by Marina White Raven (London) in collaboration with the music and voice of Ana Cristina Pérez (Mexico City).

This meditation acts as a simulation or rehearsal of the actual death process described in Tibetan buddhist tradition.

Contemplation and meditation on death and impermanence encourage us to recognise how precious and short life is. By understanding the death process and familiarising ourself with it, we are invited to accept our own impermanence and embrace our deepest fears. When we practice death we affirm life and are encouraged to live life more fully; with appreciation, meaning and joy.

Death Practice Meditation is perfectly safe...

We would love to hear about your experiences of this meditation practice. Please send us your responses in words, pictures, poetry, songs, videos and feel free to share it with people who may appreciate it.

 (Image by Kabriele Rosas)

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‘The Clear Light of Death’ workshop 

Presenting ‘The Clear Light of Death’ a contemplative performance workshop exploring death through the body, mind and movement. Hosted by ‘Academic and creative responses to death and dying’ conference hosted by Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, Friday 31st January. 

Very excited to be part of this event and meeting and connecting with others passionate about exploring attitudes to death. https://deathconference.wordpress.com/2020-conference/ Free for students

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The Deathbed in Mexico: Bi-cultural Collaboration October/November 2019

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The next stage for ‘Practice for my Deathbed’ Project

Relevance                                                                                                          The Deathbed is a public performance art ritual and research laboratory. Bringing the work to Mexico and working with artists in a variety of locations, we hope to open a new cultural landscape, develop our understanding of death and dying and invite a broader audience to witness, experience and contribute to a collective expression. In doing so we intend to promote the power of cross cultural dialogues and demonstrate how working in this way brings a more informed understanding that may benefit us all.

Intention The collaborative bi-cultural process aims to inform, enquire and learn through dialogue, interview, play and practice; drawing on a wider cultural range of attitudes to death and dying. The European attitude that turns away from death and does not want to talk about, it is challenged by the open and expressive Mexican attitude. In bringing together these diverse viewpoints there is potential for a new vision; a new unified perspective.

Link to dossier (English):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5gU0M8Yc7-tem9jRmtQZ3FjYmZNeHNLTWd4ZXFaVVhHUmZF/view?usp=sharing

Link to dossier (Spanish):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Sp4m9qN0yrTLtz3r2GHNJU3J2rm3vLv/view?usp=sharing

Deathbed Venues in Mexico:

Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico

Museo de la Ciudad de Queretaro

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Practice for my Deathbed: 

public performance, art ritual and meditation

Practice for my Deathbed is an internationally touring art ritual, living monument, immersive performance and mind altering experience. The artist MWR channels the ‘White Raven’ poised on a beautiful bed, surrounded by the collaborating artists, participants and witnesses, Together they evoke a powerful paradox of sacred space and public statement through the intimate practice of death in a prominent outdoor location. Around the central focal point of the deathbed, multi-dimensional layers of sensual, emotional, intellectual and physical experience can be made available and outlined by the creative skill of the collaborating artists.

15 Deathbeds have been created since the premiere at Whitstable Biennale, UK in 2012. Deathbeds have been installed and experienced all over the world including Esalen Institute in California, Yellowfish festival of durational performance in Seattle, Beloved Festival in Oregon, Pranafest in New Zealand, Tashiro Kaplan Artists’ Lofts in Seattle, Colourfest in Dorset UK, Sudersand in Stockholm Sweden and Feast Arts Center, Tacoma USA.

Watch the FILM ‘Deathbed Dance of Gods’ by Antony De Gennaro