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dc.contributor.authorBurton, Laini
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-21T03:31:55Z
dc.date.available2019-05-21T03:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.doi10.6084/m9.figshare.6104648
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/384610
dc.description.abstractRepresenting a true portrait, the death mask simultaneously memorialises life and death, offering the living a sense of connection to the dead. Following the invention of photography, the practice of creating death masks languished as a way of preserving the visage of the deceased. However, designer and architect Neri Oxman, along with the group Mediated Matter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have sought to revitalise the practice using new imaging technologies such as multi-material 3D printers and generative computer algorithms. The resulting posthumous portrait represents not the face of the deceased, but rather a symbolic image drawn from the cultural and religious substance of the subject, and is further inspired by archetypal art and architectural structures. Future development earmarks the capture of the microbiome of dying breath, creating a biological interface, to live within the mask long after death. This paper will investigate the transcendence of the death mask from corporeal image to incorporeal relic, considering its implications for human memory and relationality, and its potential to signal a post-anthropocentric vision of humanity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUniversity of Edinburgh, UK
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameTransimage 2018 Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference 2018
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitlehttps://figshare.com/articles/The_New_Death_Mask/6104648
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2018-04-18
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2018-04-20
dc.relation.ispartoflocationEdinburgh, UK.
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom198
dc.relation.ispartofpageto214
dc.subject.fieldofresearchVisual arts
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArt history, theory and criticism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchVisual cultures
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3601
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode360104
dc.titleThe New Death Mask
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2018. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorBurton, Laini M.


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