Oakland-based conceptual artist Lindsay Tunkl, is pleased to present Parting Practice: Rituals for Endings and Failure. This multifaceted event coincides with the release of the artist’s latest book, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die, a work of conceptual art that reframes death as something to look forward to instead of fight against. To celebrate the release of the new book, a group workshop and book signing will take place at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore on July 14th from 2-4:30pm. The artist will also be conducting 50-minute one-on-one performance sessions at other locations in the bay area over the course of three days (July 15, July 21 and July 22) where volunteer participants can connect around their fears of death and dying.
Lindsay Tunkl’s artistic practice has been described as absurd, over-emotional, healing, and tragic. In an attempt to understand the particular experience of the human life cycle during the Anthropocene (the societal moment that our species began contributing to its own demise) Tunkl uses her art practice as a way to connect and share in the heartbreaking realities we all inhabit in this contemporary moment. Drawing from her own irrational fears of the apocalypse, death and intimacy, the artist has found that these topics – the things that scare us the most – are a platform for profound human connection and closeness.
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Parting Practice sprung from Pre Apocalypse Counseling, a series of interactive, one-on-one performances that took place in an SUV and lead participants through conversations, psychological and physical exercises, and visualizations in order to examine their emotional connection to the probable or improbable apocalypse (more than 100 sessions have taken place). Out of that project came two recently published works: Origins and Endings: A Divination Book and Inkblot Card Deck and the small book of meditations, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die. With a tender and humorous hand, each of these works is an encounter that offers the viewer an opportunity to have a reflexive experience with their emotions, within a world that is more often than not, heartbreaking.
PROGRAMMING
Group Workshop and Book Signing
July 14, 2018 - 2pm-4:30pm
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore
410 13th Street, Oakland
No RSVP required / Free and open to the public
Group Workshop 2:00-3:30 | Book Signing 3:30-4:30
This workshop will explore individual and collective fears around death and dying and offer strategies to explore these fears in vulnerable ways, together. For many, processing grief is a solitary activity, loss feels isolating, and our fears can make it impossible to reach out. When we come together we find the comforting echo of a shared experience and new perspective. This workshop is highly participatory and will include visualizations, auditory components, laughter, crying, and light touch with other participants (optional). E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore is handicap accessible, but the bathroom is up a flight of stairs. If you plan to attend the workshop, please arrive on time. The workshop will be followed by a book signing from 3:30-4:30pm.
Lands End Coastal Outlook, San Francisco
July 15, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
These sessions will focus on the persistent and often inconclusive nature of endings. The natural world serves as a great teacher in helping us feel peace in recognizing our own finite existence and the fact that all living things eventually die. With Land’s End as a backdrop and touchstone, participants will engage with the end of the land, the ocean as an infinite ending, and the participant’s personal fears of dying.
Lake Temescal, Oakland
July 21, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
To some degree, Californians live in fear of the inevitable earthquakes of the region. These fears are expressed in a myriad of forms including humor, denial and fascination. The location of Lake Temescal was chosen for Parting Practice sessions as it sits on top of the Hayward Fault line—an area recently deemed “a tectonic time bomb” by a respected geologist. This location serves as a symbolic departure point that illuminates the unique fear our region lives with. In these sessions, participants will be asked to consider that death is imminent at any moment and consider strategies to allow this fact to be a healing force rather than a fearful one.
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland
July 22, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
Adding a layer to the fear of dying, the idea or the very real experience of haunting can be a paralyzing fear for many. Grief, nostalgia, hallucination and deja vu can all be considered forms of haunting –Tunkl examines how the things that haunt us (individually or collectively) have value beyond our current recognition. In these sessions the artist attempts to reframe haunting in its many forms as not always malicious, but rather an experience to be embraced and engaged with open-heartedly.
visit https://www.Lindsaytunkl.com for more info
email [email protected] to schedule a session.
*****Lindsay Tunkl is not a certified anything.
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Lindsay Tunkl’s artistic practice has been described as absurd, over-emotional, healing, and tragic. In an attempt to understand the particular experience of the human life cycle during the Anthropocene (the societal moment that our species began contributing to its own demise) Tunkl uses her art practice as a way to connect and share in the heartbreaking realities we all inhabit in this contemporary moment. Drawing from her own irrational fears of the apocalypse, death and intimacy, the artist has found that these topics – the things that scare us the most – are a platform for profound human connection and closeness.
.
Parting Practice sprung from Pre Apocalypse Counseling, a series of interactive, one-on-one performances that took place in an SUV and lead participants through conversations, psychological and physical exercises, and visualizations in order to examine their emotional connection to the probable or improbable apocalypse (more than 100 sessions have taken place). Out of that project came two recently published works: Origins and Endings: A Divination Book and Inkblot Card Deck and the small book of meditations, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die. With a tender and humorous hand, each of these works is an encounter that offers the viewer an opportunity to have a reflexive experience with their emotions, within a world that is more often than not, heartbreaking.
PROGRAMMING
Group Workshop and Book Signing
July 14, 2018 - 2pm-4:30pm
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore
410 13th Street, Oakland
No RSVP required / Free and open to the public
Group Workshop 2:00-3:30 | Book Signing 3:30-4:30
This workshop will explore individual and collective fears around death and dying and offer strategies to explore these fears in vulnerable ways, together. For many, processing grief is a solitary activity, loss feels isolating, and our fears can make it impossible to reach out. When we come together we find the comforting echo of a shared experience and new perspective. This workshop is highly participatory and will include visualizations, auditory components, laughter, crying, and light touch with other participants (optional). E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore is handicap accessible, but the bathroom is up a flight of stairs. If you plan to attend the workshop, please arrive on time. The workshop will be followed by a book signing from 3:30-4:30pm.
Lands End Coastal Outlook, San Francisco
July 15, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
These sessions will focus on the persistent and often inconclusive nature of endings. The natural world serves as a great teacher in helping us feel peace in recognizing our own finite existence and the fact that all living things eventually die. With Land’s End as a backdrop and touchstone, participants will engage with the end of the land, the ocean as an infinite ending, and the participant’s personal fears of dying.
Lake Temescal, Oakland
July 21, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
To some degree, Californians live in fear of the inevitable earthquakes of the region. These fears are expressed in a myriad of forms including humor, denial and fascination. The location of Lake Temescal was chosen for Parting Practice sessions as it sits on top of the Hayward Fault line—an area recently deemed “a tectonic time bomb” by a respected geologist. This location serves as a symbolic departure point that illuminates the unique fear our region lives with. In these sessions, participants will be asked to consider that death is imminent at any moment and consider strategies to allow this fact to be a healing force rather than a fearful one.
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland
July 22, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
Adding a layer to the fear of dying, the idea or the very real experience of haunting can be a paralyzing fear for many. Grief, nostalgia, hallucination and deja vu can all be considered forms of haunting –Tunkl examines how the things that haunt us (individually or collectively) have value beyond our current recognition. In these sessions the artist attempts to reframe haunting in its many forms as not always malicious, but rather an experience to be embraced and engaged with open-heartedly.
visit https://www.Lindsaytunkl.com for more info
email [email protected] to schedule a session.
*****Lindsay Tunkl is not a certified anything.
Oakland-based conceptual artist Lindsay Tunkl, is pleased to present Parting Practice: Rituals for Endings and Failure. This multifaceted event coincides with the release of the artist’s latest book, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die, a work of conceptual art that reframes death as something to look forward to instead of fight against. To celebrate the release of the new book, a group workshop and book signing will take place at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore on July 14th from 2-4:30pm. The artist will also be conducting 50-minute one-on-one performance sessions at other locations in the bay area over the course of three days (July 15, July 21 and July 22) where volunteer participants can connect around their fears of death and dying.
Lindsay Tunkl’s artistic practice has been described as absurd, over-emotional, healing, and tragic. In an attempt to understand the particular experience of the human life cycle during the Anthropocene (the societal moment that our species began contributing to its own demise) Tunkl uses her art practice as a way to connect and share in the heartbreaking realities we all inhabit in this contemporary moment. Drawing from her own irrational fears of the apocalypse, death and intimacy, the artist has found that these topics – the things that scare us the most – are a platform for profound human connection and closeness.
.
Parting Practice sprung from Pre Apocalypse Counseling, a series of interactive, one-on-one performances that took place in an SUV and lead participants through conversations, psychological and physical exercises, and visualizations in order to examine their emotional connection to the probable or improbable apocalypse (more than 100 sessions have taken place). Out of that project came two recently published works: Origins and Endings: A Divination Book and Inkblot Card Deck and the small book of meditations, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die. With a tender and humorous hand, each of these works is an encounter that offers the viewer an opportunity to have a reflexive experience with their emotions, within a world that is more often than not, heartbreaking.
PROGRAMMING
Group Workshop and Book Signing
July 14, 2018 - 2pm-4:30pm
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore
410 13th Street, Oakland
No RSVP required / Free and open to the public
Group Workshop 2:00-3:30 | Book Signing 3:30-4:30
This workshop will explore individual and collective fears around death and dying and offer strategies to explore these fears in vulnerable ways, together. For many, processing grief is a solitary activity, loss feels isolating, and our fears can make it impossible to reach out. When we come together we find the comforting echo of a shared experience and new perspective. This workshop is highly participatory and will include visualizations, auditory components, laughter, crying, and light touch with other participants (optional). E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore is handicap accessible, but the bathroom is up a flight of stairs. If you plan to attend the workshop, please arrive on time. The workshop will be followed by a book signing from 3:30-4:30pm.
Lands End Coastal Outlook, San Francisco
July 15, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
These sessions will focus on the persistent and often inconclusive nature of endings. The natural world serves as a great teacher in helping us feel peace in recognizing our own finite existence and the fact that all living things eventually die. With Land’s End as a backdrop and touchstone, participants will engage with the end of the land, the ocean as an infinite ending, and the participant’s personal fears of dying.
Lake Temescal, Oakland
July 21, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
To some degree, Californians live in fear of the inevitable earthquakes of the region. These fears are expressed in a myriad of forms including humor, denial and fascination. The location of Lake Temescal was chosen for Parting Practice sessions as it sits on top of the Hayward Fault line—an area recently deemed “a tectonic time bomb” by a respected geologist. This location serves as a symbolic departure point that illuminates the unique fear our region lives with. In these sessions, participants will be asked to consider that death is imminent at any moment and consider strategies to allow this fact to be a healing force rather than a fearful one.
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland
July 22, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
Adding a layer to the fear of dying, the idea or the very real experience of haunting can be a paralyzing fear for many. Grief, nostalgia, hallucination and deja vu can all be considered forms of haunting –Tunkl examines how the things that haunt us (individually or collectively) have value beyond our current recognition. In these sessions the artist attempts to reframe haunting in its many forms as not always malicious, but rather an experience to be embraced and engaged with open-heartedly.
visit https://www.Lindsaytunkl.com for more info
email [email protected] to schedule a session.
*****Lindsay Tunkl is not a certified anything.
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Lindsay Tunkl’s artistic practice has been described as absurd, over-emotional, healing, and tragic. In an attempt to understand the particular experience of the human life cycle during the Anthropocene (the societal moment that our species began contributing to its own demise) Tunkl uses her art practice as a way to connect and share in the heartbreaking realities we all inhabit in this contemporary moment. Drawing from her own irrational fears of the apocalypse, death and intimacy, the artist has found that these topics – the things that scare us the most – are a platform for profound human connection and closeness.
.
Parting Practice sprung from Pre Apocalypse Counseling, a series of interactive, one-on-one performances that took place in an SUV and lead participants through conversations, psychological and physical exercises, and visualizations in order to examine their emotional connection to the probable or improbable apocalypse (more than 100 sessions have taken place). Out of that project came two recently published works: Origins and Endings: A Divination Book and Inkblot Card Deck and the small book of meditations, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die. With a tender and humorous hand, each of these works is an encounter that offers the viewer an opportunity to have a reflexive experience with their emotions, within a world that is more often than not, heartbreaking.
PROGRAMMING
Group Workshop and Book Signing
July 14, 2018 - 2pm-4:30pm
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore
410 13th Street, Oakland
No RSVP required / Free and open to the public
Group Workshop 2:00-3:30 | Book Signing 3:30-4:30
This workshop will explore individual and collective fears around death and dying and offer strategies to explore these fears in vulnerable ways, together. For many, processing grief is a solitary activity, loss feels isolating, and our fears can make it impossible to reach out. When we come together we find the comforting echo of a shared experience and new perspective. This workshop is highly participatory and will include visualizations, auditory components, laughter, crying, and light touch with other participants (optional). E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore is handicap accessible, but the bathroom is up a flight of stairs. If you plan to attend the workshop, please arrive on time. The workshop will be followed by a book signing from 3:30-4:30pm.
Lands End Coastal Outlook, San Francisco
July 15, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
These sessions will focus on the persistent and often inconclusive nature of endings. The natural world serves as a great teacher in helping us feel peace in recognizing our own finite existence and the fact that all living things eventually die. With Land’s End as a backdrop and touchstone, participants will engage with the end of the land, the ocean as an infinite ending, and the participant’s personal fears of dying.
Lake Temescal, Oakland
July 21, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
To some degree, Californians live in fear of the inevitable earthquakes of the region. These fears are expressed in a myriad of forms including humor, denial and fascination. The location of Lake Temescal was chosen for Parting Practice sessions as it sits on top of the Hayward Fault line—an area recently deemed “a tectonic time bomb” by a respected geologist. This location serves as a symbolic departure point that illuminates the unique fear our region lives with. In these sessions, participants will be asked to consider that death is imminent at any moment and consider strategies to allow this fact to be a healing force rather than a fearful one.
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland
July 22, 2018
One-on-one 50-minute Parting Practice session / Free
Adding a layer to the fear of dying, the idea or the very real experience of haunting can be a paralyzing fear for many. Grief, nostalgia, hallucination and deja vu can all be considered forms of haunting –Tunkl examines how the things that haunt us (individually or collectively) have value beyond our current recognition. In these sessions the artist attempts to reframe haunting in its many forms as not always malicious, but rather an experience to be embraced and engaged with open-heartedly.
visit https://www.Lindsaytunkl.com for more info
email [email protected] to schedule a session.
*****Lindsay Tunkl is not a certified anything.
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