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We are invited to envision our own narratives

They are able to connect different histories while writing history themselves

including those of architect Peter Cook and writer Douglas Coupland

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Performing Mourning - Guy Cools city guide demolition of GDR architecture suchThe pandemic has once made us more aware of the fragility of life and the importance of being able to properly mourn the dead. Dramaturg Guy Cools has been researching laments and other rituals of mourning. moreHe is particularly interested in how the emotions of loss need to be externalised. The laments are a formal device, used in many cultures to express and contain the emotions of grief. In a poetic, meandering, personal way Cools explores