Cuicatl anyolque’/ You lived as song : A eulogy writing campaign

Over the last 6 months as a community, we have lost so many individuals. We’ve lost so many experiences and hopes for our future selves. There has not been a moment to stop and rest, because at every turn, we were fighting for our livelihoods, against police brutality, fascism, and a deadly virus that created a fear in us of each other. Petición; for Exorcism recreates “flower mountain,” a beautiful, serene afterlife in nature where we can rest outside of colonial belief systems and its god’s judgment. Instead we are unified with our ancestors and surrounded by beautiful scents, a rain of flowers, and a solar light. 

We’re asking the public to join us on flower mountain by sending in written eulogies for the loved ones we lost due to COVID-19. You can also decide to write a eulogy for the hopes you had for 2020 and hopes for 2021. Join us in creating an archive––a memorial––to each of the individuals affected this year. 

Send your letters to Recess, to flower mountain, and we will hold space for you. In exchange, we will send you incense to burn in your home and transcend to the flower paradise in your body.

Instructions

1. As a self-exorcism, write a eulogy to those you have lost, whether it be a loved one or opportunities and experiences you’ve lost due to COVID. Create a written archive of this person and/or your feelings. State whether you want this to letter to be opened and visible to the public or not,  you’d like it to be read out loud by the artist, and if you’d like it to be released, burned, at the end of the exhibition.

2. Mail the letter to Recess at 46 Washington Ave., Brooklyn NY 11205

3. Provide a return address to receive your flower mountain incense