My Life, My Coffin - Giving Back

Gilles Massot

Gilles’ practice focuses on history and ethnology, and reveals itself through a wide range of forms of expression; from visual to writing to performance to education.

He studied architecture in Marseille (France) and eventually graduated from in photography. He moved to Singapore in 1981. Even during his early days on the island, Gilles involved himself in the local art scene by his active participation in a series of seminal events.

His work as a photo-journalist has been extensively published in various magazines. And his artistic work has been presented internationally at over 50 exhibitions. Gilles is currently a lecturer in Singapore’s premiere arts college LASALLE and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Gilles Massot’s calls his commissioned coffin, “Giving Back.” It represents a restitution of energy to the Universe, both from a spiritual and materialistic point-of-view. Through beautiful ethereal imagery “Giving Back” indicates the time has come for the body to return to the Universe, the energy that once sustained it. Like the energy of the Sun transmitted through diverse channels such as the food chain. Gilles’ design also evokes the sense of the body and soul merging with the Universe.