The art of dying

Suicide and lung collapse sound lovely together, says artist Saskia Moore who has composed a symphony based on people’s near-death experiences, premiering in Melbourne next week.

30 Jul 2013 12:00

Richard Watts

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Performing Arts

Suicide and lung collapse sound lovely together, says artist Saskia Moore, who has composed a symphony based on people’s near-death experiences, premiering in Melbourne next week.

From Mozart’s Requiem and the Taj Mahal, to the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Julia deVille’s taxidermy and jewellery, death has long fascinated artists.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts