Absence of Certainty, Certainty of Grief

Project details

Student Fatim Olivia Tawel Kamara

Programme

Unit UG11

Year 3

Not dead, or alive, simply gone. A memorial for missing people acknowledges those that want to remember missing loved ones in a world that only recognises life and death.

Within the limbo of missing, grievers can visit the Memorial for Missing Persons, where their emotions become art and they can memorialise their loved ones in different spaces: the Green Memorial, the Fire Memorial, the Water Memorial, and the Paper Memorial. This building gives grievers space to reflect and process their grief.

Linear Grief and Guidance

The griever’s emotion was analysed in stages: denial, anger, bargaining/guilt, depression and acceptance. In response, a guidance box is issued with comfort items, supporting their memorial journey.