‘In the shadow of loss… stands a room that houses grief. A room that provides a space in which to contemplate lives passed. A place to say goodbye at one’s own pace. Death can not alter any memories. It can only make them more meaningful’.

The audience is asked to choose an object from the pile of cardboard boxes in the hallway. They are told that they can give the object a new place inside the house and that they have to leave it there. In the installation is a guestbook placed next to a chair with a side table and telephone. By picking up the telephone the audience members are able to hear the stories of (young) grievers. In the guestbook, Madelief offers people to leave a name of someone they miss. At the end of each day she embroiders these names in the canvas of the house.

The work ‘Object Mori’, centers on the banality of objects that were left behind after someone passes away. It focuses on both representative aspects of objects as, the ritualistic purpose the object can contain for the next of kin. The aim is to create a safe haven to contemplate and discuss the act of grieving.