Photos: Iole Alessandrini
Building Blocks of Life

Sculpture
Wax and bread crumbles in the sense of ashes
As part of The Architect and the Urn. Curated by Greg Lundgren
Seattle, Washington
06-03 - 07-18-10

Special Thanks

Greg Lundgren

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Building Blocks of Life

Summary

When Greg Lundgren put out a call asking architects to design an urn, the challenge generated in me a question: Where would I like my ashes to go when I die? So here is a design answer to that question. In essence the urn is an object made of parts that can be shared among people who wish to hold a part of me. These parts are bricks made with bees-wax. In small portion they contain ashes. The sculpture for obvious reason contains bread crumbles. If I were to die tomorrow here is where I wish a part of me to stay:

to my sister AlbaRita
to my sister Luisa
to my sister Piera
to my friend
to my lover
to …