October 27th 2017, Dika Gallery, Kamnik
Ecstasy of death is a suggestive miniature by Jatun Risba and Miša Gams. The performance enacts language patterns, customs, rituals, sentiments and beliefs concerning death and the process of dying in the Slovene ethnic territory. In order to be seen, heard, felt by the spectators. In order to be remembered, acknowledged, reflected upon and updated.
The project was organized in partnership with the local art community of Kamnik, a medieval and Baroque city in the lap of the mountains, and performed in close proximity to the Day of Remembrance on November 1st. Before 1991, in the time of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (in ex-Yugoslavia), the feast was named “dan mrtvih”, the Day of the Dead. On this day locals pay respects to the deceased by visiting the cemetery where they light candles and bring flowers to the graves.
Below you can watch a short trailer of the work. More photos by Janez Zalaznik and a critical review (in Slovene) of the event are available here.