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| Artist | Day Magee |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Material | Performative Sculpture/Video |
Here, the artist performed a male equivalent of the keener. Over the course of a year following their father’s death, the artist performed four “male” keenings upon quartz crystals, charging them in transubstantial manner with the sonic energies of loss. The crystals, carried through successive iterations of the work – each reflecting the first four stages of grief. In ‘Keening Garden Door’ the charged quartz were set like teeth into a doorway. Over a mix of different soils, including some from their father’s grave, the artist keened a fifth and final time – preparing to pass through the Door into Acceptance.
