La posa dei morti
The laying out of the dead celebrates the ancient alpine tradition of transporting the deceased. The work depicts the ritual with deep symbols: the copper symbolizes the earth, the pink rectangle the human body, and the brass bearers the passage to eternity, highlighting the connection between the individual and the community.
The posing of the dead is an ancient tradition of Alpine areas.
This rite represented the deceased's final journey to the community.
The bearers carried the bodies of the deceased to the cemetery of the main village, in a solemn moment of farewell.
Transporting the body from afar was a long and tiring job.
During the descent, the slippery roads and the weight of the body made the task very heavy.
The poses of the dead were resting places that offered the bearers a moment of rest.
The artwork represents this ritual with deep symbols: the square of copper symbolizes the earth, solid and generative.
The pink rectangle represents the human body and its remains.
The bearers in golden brass symbolize the purity of passage towards eternity.
The meaning of the rite goes beyond grief and is a celebration of the bond between the individual and the community.
The deceased is symbolically elevated towards the sky and returned to the earth, in a cycle of memory and rebirth.
Materials: Shaped copper plates with induced oxidations.
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