MetaFilter posts tagged with body and death

Remains of the Day

punkfloyd — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:14:05 -0800

From a short distance the male figure almost appeared to be napping among the hummingbirds and squirrels, draped as he was over the pebbled ground. But something about his peculiar pose evoked a sense of grim finality– the body language of the deceased.

17 Minutes

sjvilla79 — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:24:59 -0800

17 Minutes is a performance and video blog project by new media artist Chris Barr. It's about suicide. [MI]

planetkyoto — Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:51:49 -0800

Offended academic smashes German doctor's "Plastination" exhibit in London "I decided I would walk into the exhibition with a hammer and smash up the most expensive exhibit to make the point that you cannot turn bodies into commercial exhibits." This exhibit was discussed on March 21.

tomcosgrave — Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:01:01 -0800

Frozen body falls from plane en route from Moscow
Pretty sad story when you think about it, that someone could be so desperate to get to a better world that they would attempt something so dangerous.