11-15-2014 - 12-07-2014
Klovićevi dvori Gallery
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Fear of death is something that all living beings have in common. Perhaps, it is the biggest and most complicated fear of all. Most people spend their lifetime trying to manage and in many cases ignore the fear of the unknown and nonexistence Even though it causes bad emotions that we actively try to avoid, this fear has been a driving force behind a vast number of monumental cultural achievements. Ind...read more
11-15-2014 - 12-07-2014
Klovićevi dvori Gallery
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Fear of death is something that all living beings have in common. Perhaps, it is the biggest and most complicated fear of all. Most people spend their lifetime trying to manage and in many cases ignore the fear of the unknown and nonexistence Even though it causes bad emotions that we actively try to avoid, this fear has been a driving force behind a vast number of monumental cultural achievements. Individuals who were brave enough to embrace this fear where those whose creativity gave humanity innovations in the fields of medicine, religion and art.
Imagine what else could be gained if we tapped into that fear more intensely.
The moment of death is an interactive installation that can help us with closer understanding of the process of death-related fear. It brings a glimpse into the unknown world - live sensory experience of material death - gathered real time from a decomposing corpse with the use of E.R.O.S. (an intelligent environmental probe developed at the UR Institute). Transferring the material data to digital data, material death can be streamed to The moment of death chamber, where it will again be materialised and give the user a sensory experience of death. Tapping into all human senses, the chamber will provide the user with a moment in which one cannot distance oneself from the closest possible encounter with death.
What effect will this experience have on the user? How will this perception affect the user? Will the fear eventually be productive, or it will remain just a fear? These are all the important questions that need answers. Our plan is to find out some of the answers, by conducting forensic and behavioural research, with the help of our installation.
