In another attempt to tackle death as a taboo, Final Fling is hosting a Death Café of Remembrance on Saturday 1 November at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art from 2.30-4.30pm. It’s one of many events marking To Absent Friends week – a people’s festival of storytelling and remembrance coordinated by Good Life Good Death Good Grief. Limited places…
Lots of art is based on life and death. Like love, death is A Big Theme and huge inspiration for thinkers, artists, film-makers, writers, musicians and – well, most human beings. Here we share impressions of artists …
Day of the Dead is a huge festival that takes place across Mexico on 2 November every year. It’s not the scary, dark festival that our Hallowe’en is, but a bright, celebratory festival, remembering and honouring the dead. Dia de los Muertos, as it’s known in Mexico, takes place on All Soul’s Day, 2 November each […]
Final Fling’s first Day of the Dead festival. A small but perfectly formed celebration of life and death it included art, chat and a bit of pop-up drumming