Guest Lecture: Murray Ballard - 1st November 2016
(murrayballard.com)
notes from lecture:
Prospect of immortality Is an exploration
of the subject of freezing the dead
First got interested in photography doing
a foundation year at Brighton
Interested
in short films.
Member of 5-6 photography friends to help
out set up shots
Cryonics
the practice or technique of
deep-freezing the bodies of those who have died of an incurable disease, in the
hope of a future cure.
South Square Trust
Organization that gives out grants for
students major projects.
2006 first trip to Arizona alcor
Centre
Patients stored upside down in sleeping
bags
When he started the project 1000 signed
up for chronics
doubled in 10 years to 2000
Small operation done with a passion
Cryonics not just for the rich, Maria
does it through life insurance for £50 a month
Chryonics in
Russia began in 2005
Transhumanism
the belief or theory that the human race
can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations, especially by
means of science and technology.
Fresh face and wild eyes competition
Payed through doing editorials once his
work got published in magazines etc
Complicated relationship between context
and image, used QR codes to reveal extended captions instead of writing about
it on exhibt
so viewers can interpret image and find out more if they want to.
who is his audiience?
Talk about ethics, time spend on project,
what is fascinating about what he does, reflect on it. Arguments and other
responses to his work.
Resources
Ghetto Bromberg and Chanarin
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/mar/17/france.internationalnews
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