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Buried Alive (performance)

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social norm of exclusive pair bonding 'till death do us part'." However, this intimate scene was corrupted by the presence of a night vision webcam which projects the scene on to an outside wall. The scenario kept the intimacy of a sexual moment intact while moving the private act into public space. monochrom's performance can be seen as an absurd parody of pornographic cinema or an examination of the high value placed on sexual privacy.
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had the opportunity to be buried alive in a real coffin for fifteen minutes. No cell phones, lamps or other devices were allowed inside the coffin. Participants had to sign a damage waiver. monochrom provided a 45 minute lecture about the history of premature burial and offered a set of different
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In 2010, monochrom updated the original concept and created the "Six Feet Under Club". Couples could volunteer to be buried together in a casket beneath the ground. In a press release they explained that the space they occupy is "extremely private and intimate". The coffin "is a reminder of the
48:. The basic concept is to offer willing participants the opportunity of being buried alive in a real coffin underground for fifteen to twenty minutes. As a framework program, monochrom offers lectures about the history of the science of determining death and the medical cultural history of 59:
states that the performance series wants to start a conversation about death, culture, medical and scientific myths and mass media. Grenzfurthner says that one of the inspirations for the performance series was the wish to deal with his claustrophobic
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sfist.com: "Want to Be Buried Alive With Your S.O. and Make Out With Them While Others Watch Via Webcam?", 2 October 2010
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Over the years the performance has attracted a lot of mainstream media coverage like the popular German TV show
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Zebrabutter: "Der Film Glossary of Broken Dreams oder: Im Schlachthaus Zum Goldenen Kalb"; April 25, 2018
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The first public burials were organized in 2005, 2006 and 2007 as part of a performance tour. People in
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Daily Loaf, CL Tampa Bay: "The Six Feet Under Club offers sex in a buried coffin", 28 September 2010
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Pro7's Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die Welt: "Joko in Österreich: Jokos Begräbnis"
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Bild.de: "Im TV-Duell gegen Klaas: Joko lässt sich lebendig begraben", 5 January 2014
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Boing Boing: "Monochrom art happenings in San Francisco, July 8-23", 5 July 2005
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Torontoist: "Attend your own funeral", Pandora Syperek, 6 February 2007
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Toronto Star: "How to be buried alive", Erin Kobayashi, 6 February 2007
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Couple in The Cage: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West
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monochrom's "Experience the Experience of Being Buried Alive"
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funeral marches and songs about death as "Death Jockeys".
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Preparations for monochrom's "Six Feet Under Club" (2010)
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Since 2011 monochrom offers a constant burial site at
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Toronto Star: "Alarm raised over burial performance"
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Herr Ostrowski sucht das Glück: "In der Einsamkeit"
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performance
monochrom
premature burial
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Joko gegen Klaas
Pro7
ORF
Los Angeles
Machine Project
San Francisco
Vancouver
Toronto

Toronto Star: "Alarm raised over burial performance"
Bild.de: "Im TV-Duell gegen Klaas: Joko lässt sich lebendig begraben", 5 January 2014
monochrom's "Experience the Experience of Being Buried Alive"
Zebrabutter: "Der Film Glossary of Broken Dreams oder: Im Schlachthaus Zum Goldenen Kalb"; April 25, 2018
Pro7's Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die Welt: "Joko in Österreich: Jokos Begräbnis"
Herr Ostrowski sucht das Glück: "In der Einsamkeit"
"Freizeit: "Michael Ostrowski über das Glück", April 2014"
the original
"Downtown LA: "Goodbye Maestro, and Are You Experienced?", 20 June 2005"
the original
Boing Boing: "Monochrom art happenings in San Francisco, July 8-23", 5 July 2005
"The Georgia Strait: "Austrian artists play in the underworld", 14-21 July 2005"
the original
"National Post: "Vienna's Gift To The City Of Vancouver: An Early Grave", 14 July 2005"
the original
Toronto Star: "How to be buried alive", Erin Kobayashi, 6 February 2007

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