Arrivals + Departures is a public artwork by artist duo YARA + DAVINA about birth, death and the journey in between. The public are invited to share the names of those who have arrived and departed, on live boards, as a way to acknowledge, celebrate and commemorate.
Integral to the public artwork is a series of free events – birth and death cafes, death mindfulness practice, instruction manuals for when you die, death euphemism bingo, and a last dance disco – inviting people to sing, laugh, dance and maybe cry, through collective moments of figuring out how to better celebrate new life, grieve, live well and prepare for the end.
Names can be submitted in real time at the Arrivals + Departures boards and online at www.arrivalsanddepartures.net.
“In a world where visiting others is severely limited, this is a beautiful gesture to celebrate and commemorate others while remaining socially distant.”
Londonist
For more information on this project contact Nicky Childs at nicky@artsadmin.co.uk.
Supported by Without Walls. Co-commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust (Hull) and Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Artsadmin with support from Create To Connect > Create to Impact through the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Publicly funded through Arts Council England. Development supported by the IN SITU platform in the frame of ACT project co-funded through the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Without Walls Blueprint programme and a Seedbed Residency at 101 Outdoor Arts.
| Date | Title | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September – 2 October 2022 | Arrivals + Departures | Festival of Thrift, Kirkleatham Museum | Redcar |
| 22 July – 11 September 2022 | Arrivals + Departures | Yorkshire Sculpture Park | Wakefield |
| 5–16 July 2022 | Arrivals + Departures | Embassy Gardens | London |
| 1–5 September 2021 | Arrivals + Departures | Hull's Freedom Festival | Hull |
| 19–27 August 2021 | Arrivals + Departures | Workshop-Zelt | Zürich |
| 10–30 July 2021 | Arrivals + Departures | Milton Keynes International Festival, City Square, City Centre | Milton Keynes |
| 17–30 May 2021 | Arrivals + Departures | Norfolk and Norwich Festival, The Forum, Millennium Plain | Norwich |
| 30 April – 8 May 2021 | Arrivals + Departures | Brighton Festival, Pavilion Gardens | Brighton |
| 23 March 2021 | Arrivals + Departures: The Power of Naming | Brooklyn Borough Hall | Brooklyn |
| 14 March – 11 April 2021 | Arrivals + Departures | Brooklyn Borough Hall | Brooklyn |
| 10 September – 5 November 2020 | Arrivals + Departures | Somerset House | London |
