Undertake: the Practical Side of Death

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Open to artists curious about death-related themes and rituals

Undertake: the Practical Side of Death Deadline: 11 Oct 2026 Country: Global Undertake is an online death school for artists. This 10-day webinar supports artists as they pursue their curiosity about death and explore and develop their identity as a death-curious artist. The virtual residency focuses on the practical side of death and involves daily live video lectures with international death care and funeral industry workers, historians, and artists presenting research about a range of death related topics, and several short one on one meetings with artists who make art about death around the world. Built in to the 2 – 3 hours of daily programming are discussions, recommended assignments and show and tell. The program is designed to give insight into death knowledge and ritual from a wide range of perspectives. Outline Death and Mourning Ritual in Contemporary Art with the director of the Biophilium The histories of professional mourning women and the benefit of ritual for mental health with the University of Milan Standard burial and cremation processes: a talk with a funeral director Reclaiming our relationship with death: a chat with a death doula Green burial activism and human composting with the Green Burial Council Workshop on how to write a creative obituary with poet Miriam Segan Memorials for the More-Than-Human with artist and pet death care worker Alyssa Ellis The history of death rituals around the world DIY Home Funerals: and community death care Guided Radical Mortality Acceptance Meditation Digital memorials with Talk Death Daily Participants are invited to give an artist talk to share your work with the group Duration of residency 10 days Accommodation online Disciplines, work equipment and assistance onlineFees and support $600 USD fee Expectations towards the artist Artists are invited to show their work in a 15 – 20 artist talk. Application information Send the following material to [email protected] 1. Artist CV 2. Artist statement (about 200 words) 3. Application form PDF or docx 4. Portfolio 5 – 10 examples of your work We are flexible and forgiving with application formats and deadlines.

Что подавать

Резюме, Artist statement, Портфолио, Другое

Как подавать

Send artist CV, artist statement (~200 words), application form (PDF/docx), and portfolio (5-10 work samples) by email.