Maranasati, 2018-now

Especially in southern and eastern Europe, photos of the deceased have been placed on tombstones in the sepulchral culture for over a hundred years. These photoceramics were designed to last a long time. Photos werepermanently fused to porcelain at high temperature. But even this “technology for eternity ”has its limits. Light, frost, heat and mechanicalinfluences cause these imagesto fade over the decades, tear gapsin the depiction or cause them to fade permanently. As in our memories, where faces of the past mentally crack, slowly fade and eventually disappear, these medallions also ultimately experience the impermanence of all things. And yes, our photo prints and also the ones and zeros on our storage media will eventually losse the fight.