On December 14 I guided some exercises about art as a mourning practice for the launch of Maaike Stutterheim‘s book «Where ever I go you come». Here’s the descriptive text I wrote for the occassion. We thank Juan de Dios Solano for the beautiful design for social media.

WHERE EVER I GO YOU COME by Maaike Stutterheim – A participatory book launch

“One thing we all have in common

We have a mother

When I lost mine I thought I lost the ground beneath my feet”

This is how Maaike’s book begins. More words follow. Accompanied by images, old and new. Her mother, young, at the sea, pregnant, being loved, dead, at a taberna, adult, smiling, in bed.

This book is about her life and her death. This book is a work of mourning translated into art.

We are invited to observe it, talk about mourning, write, think and evoke, together. Then to  talk a bit more and make a toast. The afternoon will be guided by artist and researcher Eliana Otta and Maaike will share with us her process of creating the book.