The Role of Objects and Places in Remembrance Culture: Using research in an artistic collaboration

逝者的记忆在哪里？在他们家里？是他们的墓碑还是他们的骨灰撒在哪里？在他们喜欢去的地方，比如最喜欢的海滩或最喜欢的足球场？在日常物品中，比如他们穿的衣服？或者甚至是一些有生命的东西，比如他们种在花园里的玫瑰丛？通过对20世纪英国死亡、死亡和记忆历史的研究，这个项目包括建造和参观一个普通的大篷车，里面充满了互动活动和艺术作品，让人们思考我们如何以及为什么要记住那些我们失去的人。参观大篷车将有机会阅读和倾听其他人回忆逝者的经历——也许是过去的人，或者来自不同文化背景的人。这次旅行还包括讲述你自己的故事的机会——通过在大篷车本身添加艺术品。这可能包括在刺绣地图上标出一个对你来说特别的地方，或者录一段简短的音频片段，告诉我们你是如何记住你失去的人的。这样，大篷车将讲述每个人几十年来的记忆故事。车队将于2018年6月游览多个地点，并收集沿途公众的捐款。它是免费参观的，也有机会参加一些场馆的相关活动，比如利兹和格拉斯哥。总的来说，这个活动的目的是让每个人都思考一下，记住我们死去的亲人在我们的日常生活中扮演着什么角色——也许还有，当我们离开时，我们希望别人如何记住我们。

Where do the memories of those who have died live? In their homes? Their gravestone or where their ashes were scattered? In the places they loved to visit, such as a favourite beach or a beloved football ground? In an everyday object, such as the clothes they wore? Or even in something living, like a rose bush they planted in the garden? Using research into the history of death, dying and remembrance in twentieth-century Britain, this project involves the building and tour of an ordinary caravan full of interactive activities and works of art to get people thinking about how and why we remember those who we have lost. A visit to the caravan will involve the chance to read and listen to other people's experiences of remembering those who have died - perhaps someone from the past, or from a different cultural background. And a visit will also involve the chance to tell your own story - by adding to pieces of art in the caravan itself. This might include pinning a place on embroidered map representing somewhere that's special to you, or recording a short audio clip telling us how you remember someone you've lost. That way, the caravan will tell everyone's story of remembering over the decades.The caravan will tour a number of sites in June 2018 and collect the contributions of members of the public along the way. It's free to visit, and there will also be a chance to take part in associated events in some of the venues, such as Leeds and Glasgow. Overall, the aim is to get everyone involved to think a bit about what role remembering our loved ones who have died plays in our everyday life - and perhaps also how we would like to be remembered when we're gone.