Epitaphs
Epitaph plaques, 2011

Everything must go
The famous slogan announcing clearance sales, “Everything must go” becomes, when engraved on black polished granite, a philosophical memento mori not just of any individual destiny, but also an epitaph of our hyper-consumerist way of life…

 

Fatal Error
A computer screen capture with a “fatal error” message engraved on a black polished granite plaque:
The unfathomable mystery of life and death finds its reflection in the code of computer programming.
Translation into computer code: Peter Hanappe


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#Objects, assemblages #Memory #Words #Time #Reflections #Memento mori