MOURNING CHAIRS
Together, these chairs facilitate a grieving
process intended to ease the life-to-death
transition for those that we love behind after
we ourselves have passed on.
The set consists of two chairs – the first of
which functions quite ordinarily, and the
second, which makes itself unavailable for a
sitter through its lack of seat.Unlike the
other chair, which services visitors, the
seat-less piece is otherwise concerned with
propping up non-physical visitors,
offering a spot designed and reserved
specifically for them.
With this function in mind, this ‘Ghost’ Chair
becomes a powerful tool for managing
grief. Using the Ghost Chair as a proxy for
lost loved ones, participants can situate
themselves adjacent and within the Guest
chair and have conversations or interactions
with a physical space and tangible object.
The Ghost chair becomes a representation
of someone who is no longer able to speak,
acting as a silent partner in conversation
with the begrieved.