Post-Mortem Options: A Workshop on the Dead Body
Jae Rhim Lee
Tue Jan 25, 06-08:30pm, E15-209
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join the Decompiculture Society for a free workshop exploring new and traditional technologies in the funeral industry. Presentations on options of burial, cremation and alternatives will be given by a diverse group of representatives, including:
- Joe Sehee, Green Burial Council
- Emma Crossen and Nancy Accola, Funeral Consumers Alliance of Eastern MA
- Captain Brad White, New England Burials at Sea, LLC
- Ruth Faas, Mourning Dove Studio
- Paul Harrington, Licensed Funeral Director and Former Manager, Forest Hills Crematory
- Jae Rhim Lee, Infinity Burial Project
The workshop is an opportunity to discuss some of the options and to navigate our cultural attitudes toward death. Further information on participating in the Decompiculture Society will be provided.
This workshop is sponsored by the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology and the Decompiculture Society, a newly formed group that promotes death awareness and acceptance and the cultivation of decomposing organisms. The Decompiculture Society is a component of the Infinity Burial Project, an art/design project by Jae Rhim Lee, with funding from the Creative Capital Foundation.
Web: http://www.jaerhimlee.com
Contact: Jae Rhim Lee, E15-213, jrlee@mit.edu
Sponsor: Architecture
Latest update: 20-Jan-2011
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