A event held at Spike Island on Saturday 17th May. The event starts at 15:00.
Join us for a conversation between Indonesian-Brazilian artist Dan Lie and End of Life Doula Aly Dickinson, as part of the event series, Honest grieving for a better life.
Dickinson will speak to her experiences working as an End of Life Doula, supporting people, and those close to them, with terminal illnesses from the point of diagnosis through to the end of their life.
Dan Lie will be exhibiting at Spike Island in Autumn 2025. This will be Lie's most significant UK solo commission and exhibition to date. Informed by ancestral knowledge systems, spiritual ontologies and contemporary ecological frameworks, Lie’s commission will celebrate natural cycles of transformation and the interdependent exchanges that structure ecosystems. Their work highlights the intimate yet expansive coexistence of diverse beings, acknowledging our shared and continuous participation in the processes of living, dying and decomposing.
Drawing from personal experiences with death, including the loss of their father during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lie has organised a series of events entitled Honest grieving for a better life. This series, taking place across a week in May, will explore the journey of grieving not only as a healthy and necessary practice, but also as an opportunity for growth.
Content guidance: This event references themes of death and dying, and speaks to the contributors’ personal experiences of loss and grief. Please contact us if you would like more information.
Image: (Left) Courtesy Aly Dickinson. (Right) Dan Lie, 'To let go' (2024). Photography by Levi Fanan. Courtesy of Pinacoteca Sao Paulo.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Dickinson will speak to her experiences working as an End of Life Doula, supporting people, and those close to them, with terminal illnesses from the point of diagnosis through to the end of their life.
Dan Lie will be exhibiting at Spike Island in Autumn 2025. This will be Lie's most significant UK solo commission and exhibition to date. Informed by ancestral knowledge systems, spiritual ontologies and contemporary ecological frameworks, Lie’s commission will celebrate natural cycles of transformation and the interdependent exchanges that structure ecosystems. Their work highlights the intimate yet expansive coexistence of diverse beings, acknowledging our shared and continuous participation in the processes of living, dying and decomposing.
Drawing from personal experiences with death, including the loss of their father during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lie has organised a series of events entitled Honest grieving for a better life. This series, taking place across a week in May, will explore the journey of grieving not only as a healthy and necessary practice, but also as an opportunity for growth.
Content guidance: This event references themes of death and dying, and speaks to the contributors’ personal experiences of loss and grief. Please contact us if you would like more information.
Image: (Left) Courtesy Aly Dickinson. (Right) Dan Lie, 'To let go' (2024). Photography by Levi Fanan. Courtesy of Pinacoteca Sao Paulo.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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