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Mushroom Death Suit of the Day: Artist Jae Rhim Lee has created a "mushroom death suit," a garment made from mushrooms that will eat her body when she dies, making her eventual passing more environmentally-friendly than burial or cremation. It's part of her Infinity Burial Project.
Lee:
I am interested in cultural death denial, and why we are so distanced from our bodies, and especially how death denial leads to funeral practices that harm the environment — using formaldehyde and pink make-up and all that to make your loved one look vibrant and alive, so that you can imagine they're just sleeping rather than actually dead.
Sure, but wouldn't this also make an amazing way for a hitman to get rid of a body? Paging Hollywood — here's your next murder movie plot point.
Check out a closeup of the suit after the jump.
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Tagged: death, decomposition, jae rhim lee, mushroom suit, mushrooms
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