Architecture at the Edge

House of Memory

Festival Gallery
1-18 September
Galway International Arts Festival 2021
David Kelly

House of Memory is a site of collective remembrance for all we lost during the COVID-19 pandemic

The House of Memory installation invites the public to share their personal experience of loss and grief during the pandemic.

Viewers are offered a platform to lament that loss within the structure by leaving a memento or a short written message in remembrance and as a symbol of hope for the future.

<p>Postcards left by visitors.</p> — Postcards left by visitors.

<p>Visitors of all ages</p> — Visitors of all ages

<p>Leaving messages at the House of Memory.</p> — Leaving messages at the House of Memory.

<p>A memento left by a visitor.</p> — A memento left by a visitor.

<p>The <em>House of Memory</em> installation invites the public to share their personal experience of loss and grief during the pandemic.</p> — The *House of Memory* installation invites the public to share their personal experience of loss and grief during the pandemic.

<p><em>House of Memory</em> offers tangible way a response to the universal realities of death, dying and loss during the COVID–19 pandemic.</p> — *House of Memory* offers tangible way a response to the universal realities of death, dying and loss during the COVID–19 pandemic.

<p>Visitors are invited to leave a short written message in remembrance and as a symbol of hope for the future.</p> — Visitors are invited to leave a short written message in remembrance and as a symbol of hope for the future.

<p>Close up of a memento left at the House of Memory</p> — Close up of a memento left at the House of Memory

<p>House of Memory is designed by David Kelly and commissioned by Architecture at the Edge.</p> — House of Memory is designed by David Kelly and commissioned by Architecture at the Edge.

<p>House of Memory in the Galway International Arts Festival Gallery</p> — House of Memory in the Galway International Arts Festival Gallery

The project is partly funded by the Irish Hospice Foundation Seed Grant Scheme which, in partnership with the Creative Ireland programme, aims to inspire and support creative responses to the themes of dying, death and bereavement during COVID–19.

House of Memory is designed by David Kelly and commissioned by Architecture at the Edge.

Photos by Emilija Jefremova