EULOGIES FOR PLACE
A space is an empty structure; lines and volume, width and dimension, doors and hallways. Spaces can be very beautiful, full of ideas and angles and poetry by the people that drew their lines and poured the concrete and physically hammered together the stairs. But when a space is animated by people, by a community over time, it becomes a PLACE. A place is as mortal as us; having been born and living and then dying, just like us. And when a beloved place goes away, we feel it, just as we do when a loved one dies. Such places deserve to be grieved and remembered and celebrated when they pass, just the same as we do.
Thus a few of our beautiful friends will hold a funeral and celebration for a few of the very many places that deserve to be remembered. We will raise our glasses to a few of our beloved dead places. This event, free to the public, is the first in a series entitled “Time & Place.”
Saturday, November 4th at 5:30pm
@ Near True Gallery, Big Blue Building, Equinox Arts, Georgetown
6555 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
Free to the public
(We ask that attendees dress in black and, if possible bring a memento or trinket or photograph of a place that was once dear to you but no longer exists except in memory.)
Eulogists for the Evening
Cynthia Brothers (Vanishing Seattle)
Rebecca Brown (Author)
Stephanie Johnson-Toliver (Black Heritage Society)
Jim Nicholls (Professor of Architecture, University of Washington)
Margo Vansynghel (Arts Economy Reporter, Seattle Times)
Johan Liedgren (Author, designer, philosopher)
Kate Clark (Artist, Parkeology)
Open Call For Submissions.
In conjunction with this series, “Time & Place,” Psychopomp Projects will be producing our first physical publication, compiling many of these splendid eulogies for places, particularly in Seattle, that no longer exist. In these memorials, we are interested in the feel and the smell and the lighting and design of the place, as well as the very individual or community elements of the human experience that led to this place becoming such important touchstones in our personal and collective memory.
Please let us know who you are, the place you’d like to write about, and why it matters. Essays should be 3 - 5 pages long. Editing this collection will be Psychopomp members Emily Andrews and Jeremy Buben. We’re looking forward to receiving and considering your proposal!