mushroom death suit

Image: Jae Rhim Lee, Mushroom Death Suit

Image: Jae Rim Lee, Decompiculture Kit

Image: Jae Rhim Lee, Mushroom Death Suit

http://infinityburialproject.com/mushroom
Artist Jae Rhim Lee is cultivating a strain of fungus she is calling Infinity Mushroom. Lee is feeding strains of fungus her own body tissues and excretions. The plan is too create this Mushroom Death Suit which is infused with spores from the fungus. The spores will be activated by an Alternative Embalming Fluid (a slurry of spores). Any toxins from the decomposing body will be remediated by the fungus.
The project is not just about the physical process, but the mental processes as well. Lee belives the cultivation process will "promotes acceptance of and a personal engagement with death and decomposition."