Artist-in-residence Eden Rayz created a musical instrument from decommissioned organ pipes from the cemetery's Bigelow Chapel. She will perform a musical death meditation called “Nothingness is Impossible” on March 23.
Artist-in-residence Eden Rayz plays the cello during a rehearsal of a composition similar to a Buddhist death meditation at Bigelow Chapel in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
She ended up collaborating with metalworker Willy Blast at Iron Geist Studios to construct “Argent and Sable,” an 8-foot-long electronic instrument made out of the discarded organ pipes. As an” on March 23 at the Story Chapel with end-of-life support person Ripley to narrate the event, focusing on climate grief, the, death of the self and those around us, decay and rebirth. Rayz previously conducted a meditation last fall, where she also played the synthesizer-like instrument.
"Argent and Sable" lends to the reflective atmosphere, anchoring the experience. “It's a very unique, singular sound,” she said. “It can be very ethereal and very beautiful. It can sound lyrical. It can sound like animals and birds. And it can also be incredibly abrasive. And very strident and cacophonous.”
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