Funeral as art performance

VIGIL

art performance – of the most super realism kind – almost medieval.

Beatrice – her grief!

film 59 sec

Beatrice went right through the screen, in to my studio. I was incredibly touched by her figure, her grief and her concentrated determination not to break down. To stand there and really just mourn her grandmother, while the church is filled with people mourning the passing of an era as.

Vulnerable and skinless – she held herself together, under an odd mourning garment. Maybe the garments served as protection – maybe most people didn’t see what I saw.

mixed technique of charcoal sketches that were later digitally assembled – it can become a work for print.

I did portray the death and the burial of Queen Elizabeth an era

through Beatrice.

I kind of got “struck” by her – her grief went right through the window into my studio!

It touched me deeply that they were standing there for public viewing, with their claws – watched by prying eyes – but especially Beatrice. It was heartbreaking and in the same time pure and beautiful!

The Burial Of An Era

It was a performance in its most ingenious expression… almost medieval.

Beatrice in VIGIL

Through her I portrayed the funeral both of an era and Queen Elisabeth

mixed technique of charcoal sketches that were later digitally assembled – it can become a work for print.

I did portray the death and the burial of Queen Elizabeth an era

through Beatrice.

I kind of got “struck” by her – her grief went right through the window into my studio!

It touched me deeply that they were standing there for public viewing, with their claws – watched by prying eyes – but especially Beatrice. It was heartbreaking and in the same time pure and beautiful!

Beatrice went right through the screen, in to my studio. I was incredibly touched by her figure, her grief and her concentrated determination not to break down. To stand there and really just mourn her grandmother, while the church is filled with people mourning the passing of an era as.

Vulnerable and skinless – she held herself together, under an odd mourning garment. Maybe the garments served as protection – m

film 2. 27 min

mixed technique of charcoal sketches that were later digitally assembled – it can become a work for print.

VIGIL is part of the TRUST project .

replay – Beatrice – her grief

VIGIL

It was an “art performance”… almost medieval.

I did portray the death and the burial of Queen Elizabeth an era

through Beatrice.

I kind of got “struck” by her – her grief went right through the window into my studio!

It touched me deeply that they were standing there for public viewing, with their claws – watched by prying eyes – but especially Beatrice. It was heartbreaking and in the same time pure and beautiful!

film 2. 27 min

mixed technique of charcoal sketches that were later digitally assembled – it can become a work for print.