Upstairs is the office - the engine room - where the old funeral directors would have once lived. The team is managing a busy week, looking after the business, and getting ready for a sold out night of artists talks. The funeral home has hosted film nights, grief raves, artist residencies and open days, to offer a safe and creative space for death literacy. Jess reflects on how spending time in a funeral home has changed her, and Victoria tells us her hopes for the future.
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Here We Are, The Living is a Quiet Night production made by Jess Hamilton and Victoria Spence of Life Rites Funerals. Original music by Adam Connelly and Billy Ward. Mix by Jess Hamilton and Laura Brierley-Newtown. Editorial Support by Farz Edraki. Artwork by Annie Hamilton. This episode features Victoria Spence, Ben Gibson, Chantel Jurcevic, imbar amira nassi (aka imbi), Christine Pan, Andrew Fraser, Liz Bradshaw, Harriet Gillies.
The artist’s audio was recorded at Life Rites during Death by Powerpoint, a collaboration between Life Rites and Queer Powerpoint for Sydney Festival 2026.
This project was made with support of Create NSW, Content is Queen and many individual supporters through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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