A service that provides mobile apps for cemeteries. Through the app, individual grave locations are plotted on a map, and each grave can have an associated online memorial page with media about the deceased person's life. Cemetery navigation and…
An interactive museum installation that recreates the experience of talking to a Holocaust survivor about their experiences. A large display screen shows a video recording of a Holocaust survivor, sitting in a chair. Visitors can ask the survivor…
A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, TN. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point…
A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point of…
A prototype wearable electronic system designed to facilitate a self-guided audio tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. The system comprises a backpack with a tablet computer and personal GPS tracking system, a set of headphones and a…
A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided tour of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS plus the location of points of interest within the cemetery. For each point of…
An artwork based around a mobile app that is designed to be used at a cemetery. The cemetery in question changes as the artwork must be set up for a particular site. Vanitas presents the user with a combination of text, images and audio recordings…
A sound system designed to play music inside a buried coffin. Speakers embedded in the coffin lid (underground) connect to a computer server embedded in the gravestone (above ground), which displays the song that is currently playing on a small…
A prototype system for facilitating self-guided tours of a cemetery. The system is composed of two parts. The first part is a "book-like device" that the visitor carries with them as they walk around the cemetery. The second part is a network of…
A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided audio tour of the Common Cemetery (Almen Kirkegård) in Aalborg, Denmark. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS, plus walking directions to a series of points of…