Projects posts tagged with death

End Piece: the last artwork of great artists

Jason and Laszlo — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:12:56 -0800

This is an online effort to catalog the last artworks made by artists before they die.

We Live Without You - stories about grieving

teeeeebird — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:15:05 -0800

We Live Without You is a curated collection of stories found in books, films, podcasts (and more) about the personal experiences of saying goodbye and learning to live without the ones we love. We're deeply grateful to all the wonderful authors, filmmakers, journalists, producers and publishers whose work we've referenced and linked to on our site. Please share it with everyone.

How Are You Not Dead?

Cool Papa Bell — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:09:32 -0800

The Grim Reaper his own bad self apparently keeps looking me right in the eye, but keeps saying, “Not now, dude.” A budding collection of unusual essays.

Death and the Maiden

hermitosis — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:24:09 -0800

A compendium of imagery inspired (consciously or otherwise) by the art motif of "Death and the Maiden." This motif has been popularized by Franz Schubert (and thus Ariel Dorfman, and thus Roman Polanski, etc.), and has remained a common visual trope since the Renaissance. This blog is specifically filled with images of women encountering Death as a separate, incarnate presence -- contemplating, dancing with, being seduced by, becoming physically embodied by, etc. These are NOT images of women killing or being killed, or female interpretations of the character of "Death."

Caught Dead In That

yankeefog — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:26:51 -0800

I've started a photo blog dedicated to funny tombstones. Some photos I took myself; others I'm reblogging from elsewhere (with proper credit, of course.) The only rule is that they have to be real-- no styrofoam Halloween props, and no photoshopping.

Dead Advice: A Guide to Living (From the Dead)

avoision — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:40:29 -0800

The premise of this site is that you have recently died, and now you're penning a letter to the rest of the world. The subject matter is open, and can be whatever you'd like: a list of things you found important, a series of regrets, or an open letter to the young. There is only one requirement. Every letter submitted to the site must begin with the same first sentence: "Now that I'm dead, I want to tell you a few things." I was originally inspired by a series of essays by Thomas Lynch, in his book "The Undertaking." It drastically changed the way in which I viewed death, and the mourning process. It's a pretty great book, and I re-read the thing at least once a year. I'm also a big fan of poetry, and the way in which one can make these grand declarations through poems. I wanted to provide a medium for people to proclaim large things, to look back on their lives and to say "this is what's important." I've got a more detailed overview of the project in both the About and FAQ sections. I hope you enjoy the letters that have been posted so far. And if you're so inclined, I invite you to submit one of your own. Thanks!