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This is probably the last in person talk I'll be doing for awhile (I need to get on with other projects eventually), and definitely the last in Los Angeles. At Artbook at Hauser & Wirth, more details and reservations at the Eventbrite:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-paul-koudounaris-presents-faithful-unto-death-book-signing-talk-tickets-1280773180059?aff=oddtdtcreator
It'll be different than the previous talks, it has to be because my own cat died since the publication of that book, although the overall historical synopsis remains the same:
In 1881 a dog named Cherry was laid to rest on the outskirts of Hyde Park in London. This seemingly innocuous act spurred a revolution. Other pet owners would soon follow suit, adding graves alongside Cherry's, and the world's first urban pet cemetery was born. Dead pets had previously been consigned to garbage heaps, rending plants, or tossed in rivers, but no more, not after the pet owners of London stood fast in the face of often mocking public sentiment that an animal that had lived and been loved as a family deserves at the end a death with love and dignity. Their example would spread and is now found around the world in a fascinating and touching array of different traditions.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, 917 East 3rd Street,Los Angeles, California, United States
