I'm sharing this work from Frank Kolkman because it has given me much pause for thought in relation to our ongoingness project and the potential use of technology to support people in relation to mortality. The Dezeen article uses phrases and terminology that perhaps sensationalise the piece and aren't the way that I'd talk about mortality (i.e. Kolkman calls the piece an 'Out-of-body experience simulator' but it is written up as a 'Death simulation machine') - and there is something very interesting more broadly here about the way that cultural commentary and documentation talks about death that this plays into - but the piece itself seems to have a far more nuanced, open, ambiguous and gentle approach to gaining a personal perspective on your own mortality.
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/11/23/frank-kolkman-outrospectre-near-death-experience-virtual-reality-technology-robots-health/
Written by Jayne in Oct 2018
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