Head over to Soundcloud to enjoy this fantastic episode with curator, writer, and cultural arts programmer Bethany Tabor! When we downloaded the files, every bit of one side of the conversation sounded like it was underwater, and so—we re-recorded it to the best of our ability. We are so glad that Bethany’s audio was unharmed, because it’s a great conversation.
We talk about her work with Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, creating events that give space for people to talk and learn about death and dying. We discuss performance art, John Underwood, the founder of the Death Cafe Movement, her writing about artist Teresa Margolles, Dia de Los Muertos and how its appropriation perfectly encapsulates the inextricably imperialistic relationship between US and Mexico, and how Covid has not actually changed our proximity to death.
