Thursday, October 18, 2007

Taste of Death - coffin simulator giving users a 3-minute taste of death


HONG KONG - An exhibition seeking to ease Chinese taboos toward death has opened in Hong Kong, featuring "green" paper coffins and multimedia artwork, including a coffin "simulator" giving users a 3-minute taste of death. There was no champagne or glitz at the "Experience Death Through Art" exhibition's opening on Thursday. Instead, the crowd was dominated by elderly Hong Kongers who sipped Starbucks coffee and milled around the death-themed exhibits with walking sticks. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Exposures