Description
“Goran Bertok approaches death from the perspective of life: he is intrigued by its mythology reflecting through history the notion of the so-called dignified death, he is fascinated by the psychological effects of the omnipresent fear of death and by the organic remnants of the once alive bodily system. He never idealizes death, as it always stands for fear, pain, agony and pain, he rather sees it as a consequence of life.” – Miha Colner
“The book is one of the strongest, best and most extraordinary I have ever seen. It deals with death – something most of us do not want or do not feel able to deal with in such a visualy way. And it is about what remains after we die.
What makes the book – actually there are two books – so good are the acuteness in design, the gentle dealing with the pictures, and the sequencing. Requiem could easily have gotten stagy, and I do not want to imagine the showcased pictures on a website, on a weblog or in a newspaper. They only work like this – with space between them and arround, coloured, and with the thick application of colour. The book may be called morbid; still it is a pictorial, gentle – although direct – morbidity we are confronted with. If we want to get involved with” – from the “dienacht” book review by Calin Kruse
