Afterlife

The works by national and internationally renowned artists in Afterlife - Art About our Final Destination encourage us to contemplate this.
 Although the Netherlands is among the most secular countries in the world, the majority of the population believe that 'something' awaits us after death. But what might that be? A return to the universe or another incarnation? Others opine that 'nothing' awaits us after death and that life simply ends. The works created for Afterlife - Art About our Final Destination, do not literally portray the afterlife, but are an encounter between finiteness and infinity, between the material and the spiritual.

The acceptance of death, the pursuit of immortality and the human urge to believe in something are explored in Afterlife. The exhibition in Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover and the cemetery De Nieuwe Ooster includes national and international art that prompts reflection by questioning what awaits us after death.

Fourteen artists made works around this topic. SKOR commissioned Nathalie Bruys (NL), Yuhsin U. Chang (TW), Valeska Soares (BR), and Leonid Tsvetkov (RU) to create artworks for Afterlife.


Healing Nathalie Bruys

During Afterlife, every Tuesday evening, artist and healer Nathalie Bruys gives a private healing session of 90 minutes. With the aid of tuning forks, she evokes specific vibrational frequencies, which resemble certain planet frequencies. The sound vibrations can clear blockages and energetic imbalances. See practical information for reservations.

Museum Tot Zover is situated in the grounds of the idyllic cemetery De Nieuwe Ooster. The artists’ works are exhibited outside between the graves. During a stroll around the cemetery you will have surprising encounters with Yuhsin U. Chang’s six-metre high sculpture made from tree bark, or with a poetic video installation by Valeska Soares. Nathalie Bruys’ Portal Machine uses the vibrations generated by tuning forks to bring visitors in contact with the universe.
 Leonid Tsvetkov has constructed an underground camera obscura.


Experiencing art about the hereafter in surroundings such as this - where death and life are so closely entwined - is a unique opportunity. The exhibition is staged with the greatest respect for the dignified visitors to the cemetery, the next of kin, for whom the Afterlife exhibition also has to be a special and uplifting experience.

Afterlife is organised by Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover in collaboration with De Nieuwe Ooster cemetery and crematorium, and SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain. The Tropenmuseum shows De Dood Leeft during the same period. A variety of activities accompany the exhibitions. For more information see Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover and Tropenmuseum.