Annie Martin: O Death

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From Anne Martin/Janet Jackso, "O Death" project

O Death is a multidisciplinary project that arose as a conversation between artist Annie Martin and new music vocalist Janice Isabel Jackson. Sharing an interest in songs in which the singer addresses death as an interlocutor, we began an ongoing exchange, out of which a sequence of lyric poems emerged. These lyrics have been set as songs by Janice, and will be performed and recorded at a future date.

Central to our consideration has been our sense that death is intertwined with and woven into life, and that life and death sustain one another. The mystery of encountering death is integral to our lives as we live them. This period of research and immersive reflection on the phenomenology of death and dying gave rise to the texts and songs, as well as a series of drawings and paintings.

It is our hope that the space we have created through this work will invite and sustain reflection and conversation about our shared mortality and livingness.

Janice Jackson: song compositions, song performance

Annie Martin: lyrics, drawings, paintings

With the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts