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Jae Rhim Lee is a visual artist, designer, and researcher whose work proposes unorthodox relationships between the mind/body/self and the built and natural environment. Jae Rhim’s work follows a research methodology which includes self-examination, transdisciplinary immersion and dialogue, and DIY design, ultimately taking the form of living units, furniture, wearables, recycling systems, and personal and social interventions.
Jae Rhim’s current work, the Infinity Burial Project, proposes alternatives for the post-mortem body and features the training of a unique strain of an edible mushroom to decompose and remediate toxins in human tissue, the development of a decomposition ‘kit,’ and a membership society devoted to the promotion of death acceptance and the cultivation of decomposing organisms.
Jae Rhim will discuss her work with MIT Art, Culture, and Technology Assistant Professor Nida Sinnokrot, as well as Professor and Elting E. Morison Chair in Anthropology Stefan Heilmrich.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building E15, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, United States
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