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Mary M. Mazziotti

Contemporary Memento Mori

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Memento Mori Billboards

Billboard with image of a cross & palm leaf. The text: So this guy comes by my studio to tell me this girl died from swallowing a needle. It took months and months to get all the way through her. Was it someone I knew? No, he says, it happened in 1889. Now really. I ask you. — Obituary billboard 1/Pgh- 76″ x 92″

A large billboard, 8' x 24'. Death with a scythe chases a clown into an endlessly-looped maze. Text: Help Bobo Escape from Mr. Death! (there is no escape) — Death & Mr. Bobo/Pgh – 8′ x 24′

Billboard with image of a cross & palm leaf. The text: Did you hear that Agatha died yesterday? To tell the truth, we thought she was already dead. We wonder who gets her collection of cacti and all those ugly ceramic dogs. Well, her life was a total mess from start to finish if you ask us. — Obituary billboard 2/Pgh – 76″ x 92″

Billboard with image of a cross & palm leaf. The text: Sacred to the memory of Raul. He was unrelenting in his pursuit of model trains and once smacked a dealer who outbid him. His family didn't speak to him. Looks like he's left everything to his housekeeper and you know she couldn't care less. — Obituary billboard 3/Pgh – 76″ x 92″

Four large billboards in Birmingham, UK. Two of them look like 30's travel posters in bright colors with the captions "ENJOY your clock is ticking" and "death takes no HOLIDAY". The two other billboards are all fill-in-the-blank text: My Last Will and Testament and Obituary — Memento Mori billboards/Birmingham, UK

Billboard with image of a cross & palm leaf. The text: We went to Sammy's funeral this morning. Not a very big turnout. Of course, he was out of it for the last ten years at least. His niece drove up in his Beemer and dented the rear end. You know he's gotta be turning in his grave. — Obituary billboard 4/Pgh – 76″ x 92″

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