Loizeau, Jimmy and Auger, James. 2008. The Afterlife. [Design]

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The Afterlife project is intended to instigate a metaphysical dialogue, examining the cultural shift from belief systems upheld by organised religion to the more factual basis of science and technology.

The project proposes the harnessing of our chemical potential after biological death through the application of a microbial fuel cell, harvesting its electrical potential in a dry cell battery. Here, technology acts to provide conclusive proof of life after death, life being contained in the battery

Item Type:	Design
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Design Research Office > REF2014
Date:	February 2008
Event Location:	Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Date range:	2008-2012
Item ID:	9444
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2013 12:29
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2017 09:44
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/9444

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