GSAPP DeathLab @gsappDeathLAB
Based at Columbia University, the DeathLab is a trans-disciplinary research and design space focused on reconceiving how we live with death in the metropolis. DeathLab.org New York, NY Joined June 2013-
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What. A. Day. Got to meet @gsappDeathLAB after following their work for years, and pounded the streets of Manhattan. 29k steps. That’s gonna hurt tomorrow
NYS is the 6th to legalize #naturalorganicreduction aka #humancomposting. Thank you to all who advocated! @TMAR22 @TheGoodDeath @OrderGoodDeath thanks to you and your communities for the hard work. We did it.
I'll end with my fav quote from the article by one of my fav people. Right on, my friend @TheGoodDeath. Lots of work for us to do. 8/8
New play 'Hart Island' is a meditation on mourning and humanconnection gothamist.com/arts-entertain… via @Gothamist
MacDowell Fellows donated 10 new works to the #JamesBaldwinLibrary in the last few months of 2021, each one supported by a MacDowell residency! The works all become part of the library's collection and benefit future artists-in-residence. instagram.com/p/CauWoF4rtZp/ #MadeAtMacDowell
excited to see that the state supports a serious study of repurposing miles of underutilized former freight lines to better connect communities in Brooklyn and Queens amny.com/transit/mta-to…
Desmond Tutu requested alkaline hydrolysis — elevating the morality of environmental consciousness in death as in life, and signaling widespread readiness for continued change in the funerary industry. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/…
Brought to you by GSAPP Advanced Architectural Design students, rAADio wraps its first season of investigations on entanglements of architecture. Listen all three episodes here before the second season arrives: m.soundcloud.com/columbiagsapp/…
great to be among such responsive and provocative work !
and we are grateful for the excellent collaborators!
Happy belated book birthday to @gsappDeathLAB's Karla Rothstein (MF 18) and Christina Staudt. Their co-edited book, THE FUTURE OF THE CORPSE: Changing Ecologies of Death and Disposition, was released late last month with @ABC_CLIO: products.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorpor…
Tune to @WBAI 99.5 FM this Sunday at 10:00 AM when I’ll talk with host Jeff Simmons @JackHites about the history and future of Hart Island
“Describe your loss” @GreenWoodHF bkmag.com/2021/09/16/gre…
Louisiana historians and funeral directors work w @ForensicArchi to uncover cemeteries of formerly enslaved people on Mississippi River land now largely owned by petrochemical companies. nytimes.com/video/us/10000…
via @nytimes „IDEAS xLab… (Un)Known Project… is both a remembrance and a provocation — a memorial to those whose stories will never be uncovered, as well as a challenge to the public to unearth narratives that may exist“ @maggiepjones nytimes.com/2021/06/09/art…
One year ago today, 24 May 2020 -- front page of the New York Times. May 24, 2021 -- 590,000+ US COVID deaths later......
Thank you @NYCMayor for budgeting $50 million to remove buildings and make Hart Island safe for visitors. gothamist.com/news/rikers-in…
The covid-19 pandemic can help us moving from denying death to finding new, more open and more public ways to deal with the end of life, writes @gsappDeathLAB In @ArchReview architectural-review.com/essays/death/l…
‘Communities seek compatible ways to integrate this enigmatic event, death, into the fabric of life’ Karla Rothstein and Christina Staudt on care at the end of life and after death @gsappDeathLAB architectural-review.com/essays/death/l…

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