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Clothes for Death
By: Margareta Kern
Clothes for Death is an ongoing project in which I photograph women in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina who have prepared clothes in which they wish to be buried.
In 2006, I received R&D Grant from the Arts Council England. In 2008 I received the photographic bursary from the National Media Museum to continue working on the project in 2009...this Blog is a reflection and the record of my thoughts and notes...
Margareta Kern
Margareta Kern (b. 1974, Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a London based visual artist using photography, video and performance to explore ways in which personal and intimate spaces are influenced by the socio-political movements. In her recent projects Kern has been using clothing and textiles as a way of opening and entering issues linked to gendered constructions of identity and its social, political and cultural contexts.
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# 21 [7 June 2007]
Yesterday I heard that Marija, whom I photographed last year, and visited this year (see 9th April post) has died. I felt a sudden thump in my belly and a sense of loss that has stayed with me...She died one month ago, so it must have happened soon after I visited her to give her the photographs...Time is an odd thing and I was glad to have made the time to visit her before her departure...
I am thinking about this connection I have now made with the women I photographed and with their families, it is a strange and wonderful burden to bear...one I am still trying to work out...
I will add some images in my next post...
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Margareta Kern, ‘Clothes for Death - Julka (Banjica, Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2007’
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Margareta Kern, ‘Clothes for Death - Rosa (Banjica, Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2007’
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Margareta Kern, ‘Clothes for Death - Mila (Banjica, Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2007’
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Margareta Kern, ‘Clothes for Death - Jovana (Nevesinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2007’
# 22 [7 June 2007]
So, yes, I have made the selection (for now at least) from 450 images!!! Posting here are a few of the selected images...
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