An art work’s transformation process in the art crematory
The SPACE/ING method and the farewell ritual
To begin with, the object is brought into the center’s basement/ transformations room to the SPACE/ING via the back door (staff entrance). While the ceiling – consisting of blades shaped like segments of a circle – opens, a hoisting platform lifts the piece of art up into the upper floor/farewell room. At the same time, the piece is scanned by a camera revolving in a circle around the object and is nally placed in the farewell room. According to the art owner’s preferences the moment of farewell can be organized in various different ways – whether one would like to give a speech during the last minutes spent with the object that is to be transformed, or whether music or a minute of silence are preferred – that can be arranged accordingly. After the farewell ceremony the art object is slowly lowered into the basement/transformation room. The ceiling is closed hermetically because of the radiation. Then the SPACE/ING process begins. The dematerializing laser ray is rejected by the walls covered in rejecting material and thereby multiplied. The entire process takes five to ten minutes, depending on the object’s volume, material and bulk. Should further compression be requested, the process can be repeated up to three times. After the transformation process the ash falls through the basement’s funnel-shaped second level, where an urn is waiting which is then automatically closed and sealed under vacuum conditions. The hoisting platform is raised and lifts the urn into the upper floor/farewell room, where the owner can pick it up (as well as the scan data stored on a chip).