bogdan achimescu / works / necrotechnica - 1993

Necrotechnica

The Necrotechnica series is an anthology of body disposal systems. It deals with burial and the management or speeding of a cadaver's mineralisation. The drawings were featured in the Orizont magazine (#10/2000). A selection of that issue's pages can be downloaded here.
(pdf, 6MB)

0001

fluids decanter
0002
isolator
0003
drier
0007
drier, sun-powered version 1
0008
drier, sun-powered version 2
0009
tree-powered grinder
0010
bird-shaped mummy view 1
0011
bird-shaped mummy view 2
0012
bird-shaped mummy view 3
0013
bird-shaped mummy inside
0014
air and fluids filters
0015
supportive system for allegories
0016
restrictive device
0017
vertical coffin
0018
vertical coffin, healing phase
0019
shaft burrial with safety stone
0020
multi-generation dwelling
0021
vertical tomb
0022
dwell with safe zone
0023
restricting device for posthumously faking enlightment
0024
same, for snobs
0025
practicing enbalming on a fish
0026
landfill-style tomb for students
0027
rocket
0028
dried-out man
0029
extraction-after-mineralisation device, gravitational
0030
extraction-after-mineralisation device, vegetal
0031
scalp
0032
scalp container
0033
notes found at the site of a wrongful burrial
0034
point-of-no-return tools
0035
necropolis seen from 21,000 ft
0036
more notes found at the site of a wrongful burrial
0037
travel documentation
0038
my mother's premonitions 1
0039
my mother's premonitions 2