https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site a meditation on death Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:17:45 +0000 https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site en https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Home Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:44:16 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Home neither here, nor there – a meditation on death by tanja mueller Linda: &nbsp; I´d be scared.Oscar: &nbsp; Scared of what? Linda: &nbsp; Of dying, I guess. Falling into the void. Oscar: &nbsp; They say you fly when you die. (Enter the Void, 2009) https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Top Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:36:38 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Top a meditation on deathInformation, LogIndex https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Introduction Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:36:39 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Introduction IntroductionExhibition Design2019 <img width="2196" height="2928" width_o="2196" height_o="2928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf26ce3b7c8dd6c190373dc9d9a6f5c2e342ed66b8a8f100d3593128885807d9/image00006.jpeg" data-mid="64933138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf26ce3b7c8dd6c190373dc9d9a6f5c2e342ed66b8a8f100d3593128885807d9/image00006.jpeg" /> <img width="2858" height="2143" width_o="2858" height_o="2143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/860d8cfd57d0fece22fab35138e6a4702c1feda8de2a92d1f45362399e0fd45b/image00002.jpeg" data-mid="60466539" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/860d8cfd57d0fece22fab35138e6a4702c1feda8de2a92d1f45362399e0fd45b/image00002.jpeg" /> <img width="3200" height="2400" width_o="3200" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c743be29f166f15c90e927b5c071ed9157f261dd3ea80c399adb2494f598392/image00004.jpeg" data-mid="60466598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c743be29f166f15c90e927b5c071ed9157f261dd3ea80c399adb2494f598392/image00004.jpeg" /> Within the last 2.5 years I have spent an intense time researching on the topics of death, dying and mourning.&nbsp; I carried out surveys, visited undertakers, cemetery gardeners, spiritual teachers, and participated in topic-related courses. During this time, I created different works surrounding this complex of themes, In summer 2019 I held a threeday event “totenstille” in Cologne, Germany. Within an exhibition, the outcome from my contentual examination was on display. I also invited artists to participate and exhibit related works. In addition to this, workshops, performances, concerts and lectures took place.&nbsp; This web page serves as an archive of the created works and the event itself. Feel free to contact me for further information or if you are interested in collaboration on this topic!hi@tanjarrrh.com https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/totenstille Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:40:01 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/totenstille <img width="2754" height="1572" width_o="2754" height_o="1572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59840fd38ead54ced67a3855ab76b748bd67ffeca2e1f2f5becc19ff6fe65bb5/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-13.12.59.png" data-mid="60477009" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59840fd38ead54ced67a3855ab76b748bd67ffeca2e1f2f5becc19ff6fe65bb5/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-13.12.59.png" /> We generate sounds in order to make sure that we are not alone. Seen in this way, silence resembles an absence of the Other. Absence of sound is equivalent to the absence of life. Hence, death represents the ultimate silence—deathly silence. —or: what in the end still to be heard remains exhibition trailer https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Death-as-a-mystery Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:04:51 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Death-as-a-mystery Death as a mysteryVideo, Installation2018 <img width="2627" height="1466" width_o="2627" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb7c83fad637a4ddd3aac8588f6c286e4d3050715fd0c86a7e230ba7747d42c7/5.jpg" data-mid="63993473" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb7c83fad637a4ddd3aac8588f6c286e4d3050715fd0c86a7e230ba7747d42c7/5.jpg" /> <img width="2627" height="1466" width_o="2627" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f9615df5a0ded461fa33ca08cc4f299a8a0f5b376134fe34e4b20bb599eeda8/4.jpg" data-mid="63993474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f9615df5a0ded461fa33ca08cc4f299a8a0f5b376134fe34e4b20bb599eeda8/4.jpg" /> <img width="2627" height="1466" width_o="2627" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cd3ad457cf068fcb9056fb0c5dea0d6b52977ab49bf26c7068008080aa87af9/1.jpg" data-mid="63993477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9cd3ad457cf068fcb9056fb0c5dea0d6b52977ab49bf26c7068008080aa87af9/1.jpg" /> <img width="2627" height="1466" width_o="2627" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c32fb5c71f2be7f220cbdfd7d8dc6f6372ad1823e3b8cbca84a62495adf73e8e/3.jpg" data-mid="63993475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c32fb5c71f2be7f220cbdfd7d8dc6f6372ad1823e3b8cbca84a62495adf73e8e/3.jpg" /> <img width="2627" height="1466" width_o="2627" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad72d5e172638bf9911598748b7e3100068c0dcc7a06ebb137fb9caf690a1417/frida.jpg" data-mid="63993657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad72d5e172638bf9911598748b7e3100068c0dcc7a06ebb137fb9caf690a1417/frida.jpg" /> Death is a part of human life. People have always tried to explain what exactly this means. The end of life, the transition to another life, or entering another sphere—heaven, hell, or nirvana? One thing is for certain: We can never experience death "in advance". We can accompany the dying, observe death, talk about death, philosophize, meditate. Like watching a movie and seeing people dying on screen—it is always approached from the outside, it remains the death of somebody else. https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Immortality-massage Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:36:39 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Immortality-massage How to ...&nbsp; anti-wrinkleVideo, Installation2018 <img width="1895" height="1070" width_o="1895" height_o="1070" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f6ba60fb2ee7cde858ecd47082aa2979ea7058514eec89f0852ede53af91d03/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-23.47.25-copy.png" data-mid="60542222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f6ba60fb2ee7cde858ecd47082aa2979ea7058514eec89f0852ede53af91d03/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-23.47.25-copy.png" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9206a8fb3a08cc23b8496b688dba56fd4edd3ec49d33e7f3c623a8c9ff6ae33/image00029.jpg" data-mid="60542232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9206a8fb3a08cc23b8496b688dba56fd4edd3ec49d33e7f3c623a8c9ff6ae33/image00029.jpg" /><img width="3093" height="2320" width_o="3093" height_o="2320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aef810e439eeabafe5c063aefde87e6999f22d0f38eb4aa21b070c691c17c674/image00005_small.jpg" data-mid="64932892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aef810e439eeabafe5c063aefde87e6999f22d0f38eb4aa21b070c691c17c674/image00005_small.jpg" /> To deal with the mystery of death, humanity has developed two major strategies. On the one hand, there is religion, which provides people with answers to big questions. On the other hand, there is repression. "How not to die?" is the credo of our time. And so we apply cream to protect ourselves against transience, make pilgrimages to gyms, and swallow superfoods promising immortality. Death is pure myth, isn't it? Video: Wrinkles Face Massage /// Anti-Ageing Lifting Facial (excerpt) https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Kubbler-Ross Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:17:45 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Kubbler-Ross Kübbler-RossInstallation, Typography2019 <img width="3200" height="2400" width_o="3200" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54e5e4d7af65680c8f68f6fde50e0237f808e0e666716f4eb3690f7305a3f407/image00009.jpg" data-mid="64011752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54e5e4d7af65680c8f68f6fde50e0237f808e0e666716f4eb3690f7305a3f407/image00009.jpg" /> "Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body." Quotes by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross are being projected on a white hospital curtain. Animation by Fiona Frahm. https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/The-art-of-letting-go Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:57:34 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/The-art-of-letting-go The art of letting goAudio2018 <img width="920" height="712" width_o="920" height_o="712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16e9e5b0a7e88d17be8bae0ffb467f6cb9cf986d32aa5369d1687361cb27ebd9/remote.jpeg" data-mid="61115497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/920/i/16e9e5b0a7e88d17be8bae0ffb467f6cb9cf986d32aa5369d1687361cb27ebd9/remote.jpeg" /><img width="3245" height="4285" width_o="3245" height_o="4285" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c084ddc78a1e9dd2236cf9364f29365afcbfc1e8519b09d7abab4e935e17d54/P1077698.jpg" data-mid="64854830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c084ddc78a1e9dd2236cf9364f29365afcbfc1e8519b09d7abab4e935e17d54/P1077698.jpg" /><img width="2992" height="2000" width_o="2992" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cea29593993e80c510afaa61f6bd3aab350556db804abc493cceb0de405bd83/BTL_5942.jpg" data-mid="64046489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cea29593993e80c510afaa61f6bd3aab350556db804abc493cceb0de405bd83/BTL_5942.jpg" /> Dying within four days. "The Art of Dying"—a seminar by the Osho UTA Institute in Cologne confronts the participants with existential questions: Do I really live the life I want to live or do I follow the ideas and wishes of others? What would I—in the face of death—regret having missed or wasted? Death becomes a tool with which to scrutinize one's own life. Ramateertha Doetsch, doctor and therapist, and a student of Osho since 1976, holds the seminar regularly in Cologne. The recording features excerpts from a conversation with Doetsch that took place in June last year. Some words by Osho himself.&nbsp; https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Eternal-sleep Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:01:19 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/Eternal-sleep Eternal sleepVideo, Installation2018—2019 <img width="5844" height="4072" width_o="5844" height_o="4072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e94e9958e86bacf9368d8961acdbc59ed2be307c2674cd34da36fd491e77933/poster_190427.jpg" data-mid="61097531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e94e9958e86bacf9368d8961acdbc59ed2be307c2674cd34da36fd491e77933/poster_190427.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/832c52e0b8d77bf0e674169edce1788ca54e9861c748a2416d03b9a9c91bb064/image00026.jpg" data-mid="61097441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/832c52e0b8d77bf0e674169edce1788ca54e9861c748a2416d03b9a9c91bb064/image00026.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a233a93dbc44aa1ae690cc12534ff760812caed10476f5b3a7a0d0ae7ebc835/2-copy.jpg" data-mid="65437009" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a233a93dbc44aa1ae690cc12534ff760812caed10476f5b3a7a0d0ae7ebc835/2-copy.jpg" /> How can death be approached mentally? And how can humans think about their own finitude? A proposal: The Greek root of the word graveyard can be translated as "sleeping place" or "sleeping chamber". If we imagine that we experience a small death in our sleep every night, then each awakening in the morning is like a rebirth. The cemetery, on the other hand, is a place of eternal sleep. In fall 2018, I carried out fieldrecordings on 24 cemeteries in Cologne. Under this link, you can listen to some of those places:What does the sleep of the dead sound like? Sleep is often described as the little brother of death. In Greek mythology, they are siblings: Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death), children of Nyx — the goddess of the night.) <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1927159a1b84e72a7a764432b82cfb9ae9af215797b6c8c3a02ef64bdefa17e/totenstille_tanja_mueller.jpg" data-mid="65437065" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1927159a1b84e72a7a764432b82cfb9ae9af215797b6c8c3a02ef64bdefa17e/totenstille_tanja_mueller.jpg" /> https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/The-last-breaths Sat, 15 Feb 2020 19:24:57 +0000 a meditation on death https://neitherherenorthere.cargo.site/The-last-breaths The last breathsAudio2019 <img width="2244" height="1340" width_o="2244" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d5e7334b73fc6167a8bb74f1394f7bec1bf9bbd8f7f78aca5360a0411f97a8e/beschriftung-282.jpg" data-mid="61165067" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d5e7334b73fc6167a8bb74f1394f7bec1bf9bbd8f7f78aca5360a0411f97a8e/beschriftung-282.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="1340" width_o="2244" height_o="1340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4213e8263aade6c9416d4aed5c31332ca16a65005a3f9c0fa2e7fc5a36455e52/beschriftung-28.jpg" data-mid="61165076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4213e8263aade6c9416d4aed5c31332ca16a65005a3f9c0fa2e7fc5a36455e52/beschriftung-28.jpg" /> <img width="3307" height="2598" width_o="3307" height_o="2598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f140b6917789b2f7b1cddf3539f4e89066373764aad33e58778ed3607298613e/waves_transformed_190440.jpg" data-mid="61165075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f140b6917789b2f7b1cddf3539f4e89066373764aad33e58778ed3607298613e/waves_transformed_190440.jpg" /> While each person is unique, the dying process is nearly universal. Knowing common symptoms is often helpful when accompanying those who are dying or even when going through one's own process of dying. Long pauses in breathing, the sounds of inhaling and exhaling—changing breathing patterns are often a clear sign of approaching death. The dying one remains calm. Unlike shortness of breath, changes in the breathing sounds are hardly registered by the dying, although they may be frightening to bystanders and seem agonizing. Breath is life. We can live up to a month without food, around ten days without sleep, a week without water, but only three to four minutes without breathing. The cycle of our breathing can be seen in many other movements in nature as well. ︎ What Would the last waves of the sea sound like?