The gentle art of disappearing,
or creating memorials postmortem
"The gentle art of disappearing, or creating memorials postmortem" is a tribute to the water cremation process, which is one of the most ecological ways to say goodbye to the body.
The remains of the process are ground into snow-white dust from which memorials are made.
I wanted to make us realize that the changes in traditions and the availability of new technologies related to the burial are almost at your fingertips. The only obstacles are the legal system and the tendency to maintain the status quo.
The memorials visible in the photos are in the form of river stones, but they are distinguished by the fact that they slowly, around a year, dissolve in water (or 'cause of an air erosion).
The mold for the casting of the memorial can be created on using any stone with a rather easy shape. The process was designed to emphasize that each memorial has very similar shape and features, but differs in the amount of the starting material - calcium phosphate.
The addition of Portland cement was used to join the phosphate particles.
The slow leaching of calcium phosphate particles is to allow you to gradually get used to the fact that what is irreversible is progressing and it's high time to say goodbye.
