embalming – Grave Matters

Standing to the Last: Extreme Embalming as a Practice of Resistance

It seemed like a regular day at Tato’s Heart Ambulance in July of 2010. Edgardo Velázquez Velázquez was in the driver’s seat of one of the fleet’s vehicles. Velázquez Velázquez seemed ready to go, but he would not be driving off the company premises. He would actually be interred at the end of the day.Continue reading “Standing to the Last: Extreme Embalming as a Practice of Resistance”