‘After Life Journal’ Handbook Design & Publication Prototype

The “After Life Journal” sets out to be an intervention against the taboo of death in Chinese society. The workshop will introduce various procedures one needs to go through when dealing with death. Each participant will be the editor of their own journal through which their personal views on death are exchanged. This project encourages the idea of designing your own funeral and get prepared in ahead of time.  By doing so, it helps easing anxiety and worries. The journal will be with the participants for the rest of their life. It conveys the participants’ own preferences and choices for their funeral arrangements which can be carried out by their families when needed. 

The “After Life Journal” sets out to be an intervention against the taboo of death in Chinese society. The workshop will introduce various procedures one needs to go through when dealing with death. Each participant will be the editor of their own journal through which their personal views on death are exchanged. This project encourages the idea of designing your own funeral and get prepared in ahead of time.  By doing so, it helps easing anxiety and worries. The journal will be with the participants for the rest of their life. It conveys the participants’ own preferences and choices for their funeral arrangements which can be carried out by their families when needed. 

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2020
Grantee: FONG WAN CHI

After graduated from the Higher Diploma Program of Visual Communication in HKU SPACE, Vangi continued her study at HKBU, majoring in Visual Arts (Exhibition Design) and minor in Humanities. Now she is an independent curator and community artist, who is also a lecturer of HKBU AVA and community learning tutor of secondary schools. 

She is interested in social design and community engagement related projects and got chances to contribute to different communities. She is devoted to social participatory projects for more than 10 years with various impressive co-curated programmes including MaD@Westkowloon and Freespace Fest (2010-2013), Wooferten (2011-2015), So Boring (2013-2015), Community Arts Maps (2012-2015), Community Living Approach (2015-2018), A Page A Wish (2019), Practice of Everyday Life (2020), etc.