Celebrating objects at the end of love. On a heartbreak as a public event

• Explores how heartbreak becomes public celebration, drawing on the Museum of Broken Relationships (MOBR). • Shows how MOBR transforms museum culture into inclusive, festive, and emotionally participatory experiences. • Investigates how love-loss objects form new meanings and “affective urban idioms” through emotional public rituals. • Explores how therapeutic festivals mirror personal experiences of heartbreak in celebratory public environments. • Engages emotional histories of artefacts to merge museum display with healing and affective practice.