Kateřina studied art history, and cemeteries are full of art.
Art in its original setting, in a natural space, not in a gallery arranged according to a curator’s vision.
In a beautiful setting, surrounded by nature, in silence, in harmony with both nature and the city around it.
But these days, funerary sculptures are hardly ever made anymore. What can be done to bring them back?
And can creating a grave statue help one come to terms with the death of a loved one?
After all, we've had several clients who made their own coffins, and it helped them.
We made urns out of LEGO with the children.
And speaking of children, we see it as a major problem that they’ve never been to a funeral or seen a dead person—and that’s where society’s collective repression of death begins.
So how about we help them become familiar with death by taking them to the cemetery?
For example, in a history class: Let them see Božena Němcová, Neruda, the Čapek brothers, Dvořák, and Smetana at the Vyšehrad Cemetery. And everything else along with them.
It sounds natural and even inexpensive.
So, while recording the podcast, we came up with the "Kids at the Cemetery" project.
In any case, come join Kateřina for a tour of the cemetery; you can find the dates in her Facebook group “Všem tafofilům” or on the Hrbitovy.cz website.