A LENSE THROUGH WHICH TO PLACE OUR LIFES / 8 of 13

The glass lantern acts as marker rather than mediator. It replaces the traditional inscription stone, the representation of the deceased.

In addition to the engraving of face, name and date, drawing from the trajectory of the traditional and contemporary signifier, the lantern contains  a digital archive of photographs, letters, accolades, anything that has crafted their autobiography. This can then be accessed wirelessly by the bereaved or simply the passer by. Much as one looks at the dates on a gravestone, to find the age of the occupier, to connect their lives to our own - so technology allows us to deepen the potential for this connection. Their autobiography connects to ours - the depth of the representation of those that are completed gives relief to those who are still in the process of making theirs

The glass rejects the false promise of escaping time and acts as a lense through which to place our lives within the urban horizon.

TEMPORAL MEMORIAL

Once Promession is begun, a glass lantern is engraved with the face, name and times of the deceased. A small solar-powered chip is attached, controlling a wireless access to an archive of emails, photos, status updates and blogs - an accessible memorial.

All this occurs in the Glassworks, just across from the Promession House. Rather than watch the freezing and shattering of a beloved, the bereaved is able to witness the creation of a temporal memorial.

PROGRAMATIC ISOMETRIC / Recieving A Temporal Memorial / Glass
1 Glassworks, 2 Access to Central Stair Core (Up to Promains Retreival, Down to Charnel House), 3 Path of respite, towards Northern Stair Core, a view to the city and eventually up towards Promains Retreival, 4 A moment before passing through the Threshold Wall , 5 Path of the Last Journey