Sue Gill and John Fox have been designing rites of passage ceremonies for more than a quarter of a century. This interview discusses the art of improving funerals. IN YOUR BOOK on funerals you talk about vernacular art.
Vernacular art has a specific context, away from the rarefied atmospheres of galleries and theatres.
In our book we have concentrated on the need for revisioning the death and funeral ceremony. We believe that funeral ceremonies need a total rethink. Many of the present ceremonies have become outmoded, irrelevant and extremely expensive. As street theatre practitioners with thirty years' experience, we can offer ideas to change the moribund ceremonies which have become crass and impersonal. The book offers some advice about what to do in an emergency when faced with preparing a funeral.