This project aims at finding an active ritual that makes sense for survivors.

A grave is a place of commemoration, gathering, and remembrance.

Yet, from a neuroscientific perspective, the primary function of memory is not to remember but to forget.

Without forgetting, remembering is impossible—it is a natural and automatic process. Unlike stone, memory is not permanent; it requires effort to be sustained.

This project translates that cerebral effort into a physical ritual. Instead of a fixed, unchanging gravestone, the visitor must re-activate the memory of the deceased by stamping their name into the sand—an act as ephemeral as remembrance itself.

Unlike flowers, which are placed on a specific grave, this ritual can be performed by anyone passing by, transforming commemoration into a shared and active gesture, rather than a passive act of mourning.