[Free] 57 Memento Mori Art Of Play

We still memorialize the dead and attempt to picture the afterlife and we are seemingly in the midst of a revival in how we contemplate mortality.

Memento mori art of play. On a socially distanced five points street corner watch a play unfold live in the windows of the historic savoy julie rada s memento mori feels especially relevant at the moment. A sub genre of memento mori art is danse macabre or dance of death this genre of art has its origins in late medieval times but became popular during the renaissance. The cards are a very bold and vibrant red and feature. History and aesthetics based on the mexican tradition of the day of the dead. It s a replay but a first time broadcast. Not to be confused with the memento mori deck by chris ramsay art of play s memento mori deck was designed by michael mateyko of komboh creative. As a form memento mori never quite expired think mourning jewelry post mortem photography or the art of damien hirst.

We go in search of lost paintings in our let s play memento mori pc game part 1. Let s solve the mystery of this classic point and click adventure game. Dance of death paintings typically portray a skeleton signifying death or the grim reaper walking dancing or playing music. Like the belief that in the day of the dead the world of the living and the dead meet in memento mori the real and the virtual world mix establishing a parallelism.