http://artcards.cc/review/socializing-the-cemetery-rebecca-blocksome-at-conflux/1943/ Reviews, interviews, thoughts, images, and news related to art openings and shows. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://artcards.cc/review/socializing-the-cemetery-rebecca-blocksome-at-conflux/1943/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Rebecca Blocksome Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:25:20 +0000 http://artcards.cc/review/?p=1943#comment-968 Cemeteries are fascinating sites for public art interventions because they exist in the gray area between several worlds: nature and city, public and private, past and present, living and dead--and, depending on your beliefs, even between earthly and spiritual. Although the project didn't take place, I'm happy to see that the thoughts and questions raised by cemeteries are still being circulated, and I hope this might inspire New Yorkers to experience the urban oases around them in a new way. Cemeteries are fascinating sites for public art interventions because they exist in the gray area between several worlds: nature and city, public and private, past and present, living and dead–and, depending on your beliefs, even between earthly and spiritual. Although the project didn’t take place, I’m happy to see that the thoughts and questions raised by cemeteries are still being circulated, and I hope this might inspire New Yorkers to experience the urban oases around them in a new way.

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