Rethinking Death and Memorialization in a Maltese Quarry
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Emily Gosling
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Summary
The article discusses a radical rethinking of death and memorialization in a Maltese quarry through an art installation called URNA. It explores the concept of a collective and egalitarian future for memorialization, inspired by a dead sparrow found at the bottom of the quarry.
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· 3 pulledArt and design, by their very nature, can transport you somewhere — usually emotionally, sometimes spiritually, and occasionally, literally.
The dead sparrow wasn't planned, but it was fitting; the awe-inspiringly vast and hyper-specific
URNA, Malta's powerful contribution to the 2025 London Design Biennale, proposes a collective, ego-...
At the bottom of a Maltese quarry, a radical rethinking of death and memorialisation takes shape. URNA, Malta's powerful contribution to the 2025 London Design Biennale, proposes a collective, ego-...
