Meta Rose / 2026
Meta Rose: The Funeral
A funeral for the self I have killed.
Project
What becomes of the parts of ourselves we repeatedly try to remove?
Meta Rose: The Funeral considers the parts of the self that are suppressed in pursuit of an acceptable image. Its four parts—Naming, Intervention, Witness and Record—bring living roses and a skeletal form into an installation of touch-responsive sound, light and moving image, camera-based interaction and a connected phone interface.
Participants shape the installation through touch, duration and gesture. Selected images and written responses can be retained as records of an encounter. These records document participation without claiming to provide a complete account of a person’s feelings.
Living roses and skeletal imagery place vitality and mortality within the same visual field. Care and damage, beauty and discomfort are held together, continuing Meta Rose’s inquiry into emotional ambivalence.
Four parts
Naming / Intervention / Witness / Record
01
Naming
Holding the skeleton’s hand, visitors touch living roses. Each flower releases a distinct layer of sound, light and image; duration and combinations deepen the response. A chosen balance can be recorded and later given a name.
02
Intervention
Through gesture and a responsive controller, visitors alter the skeleton’s balance and vitality. Rose and skeleton, care and damage, the self who acts and the self who watches occupy the same image.
03
Witness
A rose first appears blurred and distorted. Three acts of proximity slow the passing image, allowing its other face to emerge within a world that continues to move.
04
Record
A silent, looping film returns attention to the making: hands, failed tests, cuts, connections and repeated labour that disappear behind the completed surface.
