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Panel Discussion
This event accompanied the exhibition: DEATH... IT'S OUT THERE curated by Ulysses Castellanos and the I SEE A DARKNESS curatorial residency
Jack Burman, Capela Dos Ossos, Portugal, C-print, 2000
In conjunction with the exhibition DEATH... IT'S OUT THERE, curated by Ulysses Castellanos, TPW plays host to a unique conversation with photographer Jack Burman, funeral director Stanley Chung and embalmer Chris Silverthorne.
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| THE BUSINESS OF DEATH
Saturday March 24 beginning at 2 pm
YouTube Playlist
| Part 1
Curator Ulysses Castellanos introduces the panelists of "The Business of Death" panel discussion: Photographer Jack Burman, funeral home operator Stanley Chung, and Father Larry
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| Part 2
Artist Jack Burman talks about his work in photographing cadavers and anatomical speciments, working alongside medical and research institutions around the world
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| Part 3
Stanley Chung, Funeral home director, embalmer, and owner of Bates and Dodds Funeral Services (the oldest funeral home in Toronto) talks about the double duties of funeral workers at a panel discussion in conjunction with the show "Death...It's Out There" Gallery TPW
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| Part 4
Father Larry, the priest and counselor at Bates and Dodds Funeral Services (the oldest funeral home in Toronto) talks about his role as bereavement councilor and the importance of listening in consoling the bereaved
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| Part 5
I Embalmed My Own Mother: Stanley Chung, owner and director of Bates and Dodds Funeral Services (Toronto's oldest funeral home) in conversation with Jack Burman, Father Larry and Ulysses Castellanos, talks about the challenges he faced when he embalmed his own mother
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Death Needs to be Humanized: Father Larry, the bereavement counselor at Bates & Dodds Funeral Services (Toronto's oldest funeral home)in conversation with funeral director Stanley Chung, artist Jack Burman and Curator Ulysses Castellanos, talks about the shows "Six Feet Under" and "Family Plot", how death has been pushed away from our consciousness and the need to bring it back to the fore
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Using Death to Impress Others: Stanley Chung, owner and director of Bates and Dodds Funeral Services (Toronto's oldest funeral home), in conversation with playwright Darren O'Donnell, Father Larry, artist Jack Burman and curator Ulysses Castellanos, talks about the importance of discreetness in funeral profession
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| Part 8
I'm Not a Morbid Person: Curator Ulysses Castellanos, in conversation with funeral director Stanley Chung, grief councilor Father Larry and artist Jack Burman, talks about his motivation for curating a show about death at Gallery TPW, Toronto
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| Part 9
Faces of Death: Curator Ulysses Castellanos, in conversation with funeral director Stanley Chung, grief counselor Father Larry and artist Jack Burman, talks about his decision to include the film "Faces of Death" in the "Death...It's Out There" Exhibit at Gallery TPW, Toronto
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| Part 10
Little Dead Goats: Curator Ulysses Castellanos, in conversation with Program director Kim Simon, funeral home director Stanley Chung, grief counselor Father Larry and artist Jack Burman, talks about Faisal Anwar's video "As Simple As That" which features a baby goat being killed during a ritual in Islamabad, and the artist's decision to edit the part in the video where the goat gets it's throat slashed with a knife
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| Part 11
Grief counselor Father Larry, in conversation with artist Jack Burman, funeral home director Stanley Chung and curator Ulysses Castellanos, talks about bereavement, and learning to live with the pain of the loss of a loved one, at Gallery TPW, Toronto
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Artist Jack Burman, in conversation with funeral home director Stanley Chung, Grief Counselor Father Larry and curator Ulysses Castellanos, talks about working with plastinated subjects (as displayed int the "Body Worlds" exhibit), and how he is not drawn to working with these subjects, at "The Business of Death" panel discussion, Gallery TPW, Toronto
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Unclaimed Bodies: Artist Jack Burman, in conversation with funeral home director Stanley Chung, grief counselor Father Larry and curator Ulysses Castellanos, talks about his work with autopsy subjects in Brazil.
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