Gravemaking

2024; Hi8 to digital video; color; sound; 5 minutes 17 seconds. Next door to my father’s canvas shop in Florida is a company who builds artificial reefs out of concrete forms mixed with loved ones’ ashes as a memorial service, offering a burial at sea rather than on land in a graveyard, enabling new growth and a second life. This video is a document and research of the company's process, shot with our family home movie camera inspiring my memorial 16mm film and sculpture.