PUBLICATION DESIGN,WRITING
Department
Department
of Digital Remains
In 50 years, the dead will outnumber the living on Facebook and it will turn into a virtual graveyard. The Department of Digital Remains is a fictional federal agency that keeps a tab on all your virtual actions which will determine your fate in the digital afterlife.
In an age of immortal digital presences, this is a speculative look at what happens to our online selves after we die. This project uses design fiction to examine digital lives through the lens of digital death while trying to answer the question: If we have found ways to treat physical remains of the departed with dignity, why not digital remains?
In an age of immortal digital presences, this is a speculative look at what happens to our online selves after we die. This project uses design fiction to examine digital lives through the lens of digital death while trying to answer the question: If we have found ways to treat physical remains of the departed with dignity, why not digital remains?
WRITING ADVISOR
Abraham Burickson
PROJECT ADVISORS
Jennifer Cole Phillips
Ellen Lupton
GRADUATE THESIS
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
2020
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Abraham Burickson
PROJECT ADVISORS
Jennifer Cole Phillips
Ellen Lupton
GRADUATE THESIS
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
2020
Download Thesis Book︎︎︎
