Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art

NOT DEAD YET

Performance in Glasgow Necropolis. Three women in white cardigans and black skirts and dark purses are sitting down and reading out loud from a paper with tomstones behind them.
XSexcentenary, NOT DEAD YET, 2018
Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow International 2018
Image: Duncan McLaren
A procession in the Glasgow Necropolis lead by three women in white gowns. Behind them, people in balck and informal clothing. Some people are carrying a colorful banner that reads "not dead yet"
XSexcentenary, NOT DEAD YET, 2018
Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow International 2018
Image: Frank McElhinney
A shrine to death, with t-shirt reading "not dead yet", pictures of loved ones, feminist symbols and images of loved ones.
XSexcentenary, NOT DEAD YET, 2018
Installation view, Ladywell Business Centre, Glasgow International 2018
Image: Holly Knox-Yeoman

Ladywell Business Centre and Glasgow Necropolis

Female collective XSexcentenary presented a celebration of life and a commemoration of women at their One Stop Memorial Shop. The ‘shop’ was a collective environment for XSexcentenary and the public to share their experiences of loss and mourning through the creation of an evolving shrine to the dead, comprised of donated books, texts, images, objects and artworks. A series of collaborative events and workshops with guest artists provided an opportunity to embrace remembrance and our own mortality.

XSexcentenary are Kate Clayton, Wanda Zyborska, Katherine Araniello and Norma D Hunter.

XSexcentenary performed a series of actions at the Necropolis informed by experiences shared at the One Stop Memorial Shop.

NOT DEAD YET was co-curated by Kate Clayton and Holly Knox Yeoman.

Supported by Glasgow International. The project was in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library.