Go See: “An otherworldly, unforgettable experience”

An Occupation of Loss, Taryn Simon’s latest project for Artangel, brings together professional mourners from countries including Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, Romania, India, Burkina Faso, Armenia and Albania. Superunion’s Paul Cardwell is entranced

Great art comes from great pain. It is our most ancient instinct to transform incoherent grief into something beautiful: a painting or a poem, a sculpture or a song. That is the subject of an enthralling experience set in a cavernous space beneath Islington Green in London.