Endings is a sculpture divided into two parts, each comprising highly polished chromium steel structures that reflect their surroundings within the exhibition space. Inspired by tables typicallyused by pathologists, these structures transform into mirrors, bluntly distorting the bodies and faces of intrigued visitors. The mirror, often employed as a metaphor for addressing beauty and youth, in this particular context mirrors back to us the inevitable truth that all living beings must decay. The installation also signifies a tendency to approach death as a matter of pathology, similar to a disease for which humans must find a cure. The work provokes us to question why and how, with the advent of modern medicine approximately 200 years ago, the human body became a subject for scientific dissection. Canadian sociologist Céline LaFontaine delves into this development in her book, The Postmortal Society (2008), asserting that the demographic structural changes posed by an ever-growing and aging society will be among the most striking challenges of the 21st century.
