December 02, 2023 - March 03, 2024 Opening: December 01, 2023 | 6 pm
The "50 Ashes" cycle, which the Museum for Sepulchral Culture was able to purchase for its collection, consists of photographs showing human ashes and implants such as pacemakers or artificial joints. Tina Ruisinger's interest was also aroused by items that were included in the cremated remains, such as glasses, pocket knives and golf clubs. As a first step, she photographed the complete remains, which are technically collected on a grate in the lower part of the cremation oven. The variety of views of the supposedly always the same material of bone remains and ashes is surprising: in form and color, a supposed individuality of the cremated remains appears. Are these projections of the viewer, who knows that these are the ashes of 50 people who were cremated in their coffins? Or does this not actually reveal the uniqueness of each individual in their remains? There are sensitive photographs of 50 human ashes as well as large-format portraits of objects that usually had a medical use for the deceased during their lifetime. (Excerpt from the press release by Dirk Pörschmann)
