monochrom: Experience the Experience of Being Buried Alive
At MUSA (Felderstraße 6-8, 1010 Vienna, Austria)
April 27, 2013; 2 PM-8 PM.
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We have the coffin. We just need you.
The people present will have an opportunity to be
buried alive in a coffin for fifteen minutes.
As a framework program there will be lectures
about the history of the science of determining
death and the medical cultural history of "buried
alive". People buried alive not only populate the
horror stories of past centuries, but also
countless reports in specialized medical
literature. The theme of unintentional
resurrection by grave robbers also runs through
forensic protocols. Even in the 19th century it
was said that every tenth person was buried
alive. No wonder that the fear of this fate was
immense and led - especially in the
German-speaking region - to all kinds of
precautions to avoid it. Various death test
methods were developed, for instance. "Security
coffins" with bell pulls and air hoses were
patented; mortuaries were built, in which corpses
were left for days to natural decay.
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At MUSA Vienna (Felderstraße 6-8, 1010 Vienna, Austria)
Lecture: April 27, 2013; 2 PM.
Start of premature burials: April 27, 2013; 3 PM.
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Want to reserve a slot? Email to off...@monochrom.at
(We will create a lottery in case of overbooking.)
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http://www.monochrom.at/english
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