The Resurrectory was a live performance installation, musical lecture, and museum of artifacts designed to puzzle the mind and senses.

The central story of The Resurrectory focused on the reenactment of the infamous Burke & Hare serial murder case of 1827-1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. While in operation, Resurrectory staff reenacted the murders of Burke & Hare's nine victims in order to learn more about what motivated their demise, how they died, and how their bodies became employed in the service of modern medical science. An operating theatre lecture set to music with a projection-mapped video was performed by the Resurrectory’s resident anatomist and four digital musicians to describe the science and metaphysics of death.

Photos by Basil Childers.

Press

The Resurrectory, Artweek, July/August 2005, Vol. 36, issue 6

The Resurrectory, Portland Mercury, June 2, 2005

Grisly glimpses and compulsions, The Oregonian, May 13, 2005

Dead Cool, Willamette Week, May 11, 2005

Death, drama, deconstruction, Portland Mercury, May 4, 2005

The Resurrectory, Portland Tribune, May 5, 2005