A person enters the space and lies down. A 2nd person enters carrying earth, buries the 1st and lies down. A 3rd enters, buries the 2nd and lies down. A 4th buries the 3rd and lies down. Audience members may also lie down.

An evolving body of work exploring the interrelationship between life and death, which took root during a 3 month residency at Parc de la Villette, Paris. During this time A2 spent a month with the terminally ill in palliative care to research and discover - the changes of heart made (if any) on the verge of death, and how this knowledge can be put into practice in our lives now.

….We were advised not to mention the word death. For the first two visits we used the word life instead...Read the residency diary A2 in Paris, May 2005

Part 1 first performed at ICA London, 05 - video
Part II performed at WUK Vienna, Austria 08 - video, photos
Part III performed at City of Women Festival, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubliana, Slovenia 08 - video
Part IV performed at The Depot, Off Limits festival, Dortmund, Germany 09
Part V performed at The Storey Gallery, commissioned by Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster, UK 09

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