EVERYBODY'S COFFIN WAS A 2 YEAR PROJECT WHERE I ASSISTED MY FRIEND KEN CRANE IN BUILDING HIS OWN COFFIN FROM BLACK WALNUT HARVESTED OFF HIS 70 ACRE FARM IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.  WE FILMED A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS W KEN DISCUSSING HIS PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE, DEATH, & SELF SUFFICIENT LIVING. THE COFFIN, SOME SHOP ELEMENTS, & THE VIDEO WERE INSTALLED WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY MUSEUM'S EXHIBITION "TIES THAT BIND" FALL 2015.  KEN PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 2016 @ THE AGE OF 84.

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