Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2023

Parsons School of Design
BFA Communication Design
Thesis 2023

AfterLife
Wenyi Wang

What might future species do to human remains when we become extinct? This collection of archival materials centers on how humans, as a more advanced species, have treated the teeth of lower animals and speculates how higher species might likewise treat human teeth. This collection of research on human and animal teeth offers a chance to explore the intersection of science, art, culture, and historical context.

The collection is presented as a documentary publication that organizes and arranges animal and human dental research. Materials from offline libraries and online databases were photocopied and scanned to show the process of collecting and organizing information. The images represent three different forms of materials: physical books, online articles, and photos arranged in an irregular, storytelling order. The book starts by introducing the basic concepts of human remains and archaeology, delves into the dental information of human remains, then covers the archaeological and used remains of different types of animals, and finally concludes with specific examples of ivory.

The collection provides an occasion to contemplate the human condition and the impact our species has today by imagining what the future might be. It encourages us to reflect on the type of legacy we will leave for future generations and our effect on the world.

Fatima AlJaber

Ghada Alkhaznadar

Jenni Ang

Natalia Arteaga

Jewel Baek

Danielle Berger

Morgan Boals

Celeste Bohan

Marie-Pia Bonnot

Reece Brind'Amour

Mina Caglar

Yuqin Cai

Ashley Yeo Hye Chae

Joyce Chan

Beryl Chen

Jiahui (Georgia) Chen

Ari Cho

Ella Christensen

Abel Chua

Zoe Cui

Whitley Darby

Tasha Dezelsky

Nitya Dhingra

Liam Doyle

Tyler Dunn

Kashish Dusad

Jonga Fan

Siyao Fang

Elaine Fei

Boyang Feng

Ashley Fletcher

Alisa Gannota

Maggie Gibson

Mia Gilling

Arlo Goldman

Pablo González

Dhriti Goyal

Blythe Graziano

Abbey Gregory

Jonna Grigelevich

Min Guan

Mira Guo

Juri Han

Oluschi Harmon

Lara Hemels

Julia Herceg

Yuk Hei Ho

Min Heong Hong

Hugo Hsi

Jiayi (Jialin) Huang

June Huang

Stella Huang

Yerin Hur

Hannah Hwang

Michelle Jeong

Jiayi Jin

Christine Joo

Marion Jun

Jong Hee Jung

Yuka Kamata

Juyeon Kang

Irem Kaplan

Ani Kapreilian

Natalie Kendrick

Eddie Kim

Michelle Kim

Se Won Kim

Sejung Kim

Sharon Kim

Shinyoung Kim

Yousun Kim

Marika Kleinfeldt

Alexander Lavertue

Emily Lee

Gia Lee

Gina Lee

June Lee

Rachel Lee

Sia Lee

Ayline Le Sourd

Chang Li

Chenxu Li

Yiwei Li

Michael Lim

Feng-yi (Cassie) Lin

Joyce Lin

Emily Liu

Lan Liu

Ruoxuan (Hedy) Liu

Selina Liu

Lissette Lomeli

Citra Luna Martha

Elan Ma

Sydney Maggin

Nadia Makmur

Sophia Marret

Hunter Marrs

Dhruvi Mehta

Lily Meng

Annie Mildrew

Katherine Musgrave

Michelle Napolitano

Madhvik Nemani

Su Jin Oh

Lexi O’Neill

Si Ran Pang

Christopher Panicker

Jaskirat Panjrath

Rachel Park

YeoJin Park

Annabelle Press

Anaïs Pyrczak

Xinyu Qiao

Diva Rathore

Jillian Rees

Hanna Reichler

Agathe Renou

Lourdes Salazar Castillo

Aoi Sejima

Zoyah Shah

Waver Shan

Nahui Shon

Yixing Shou

Xier Song

Malavika Srinivasan

Zoë Stapel

Shaina Suri

Isabelle Tan

WenHsin Tzeng

Zoe Ueda

Maya Valencia

Noa Villarin

Deanna Wang

Hsiang Tzu (Sandy) Wang

Michelle Wang

Tingyue Wang

Wenyi Wang

Zi Wang

Leon Wong

Qiqi Wu

Saskia Wulandiarti

Grace Xin

Rui Xiong

Katherine Xu

Moxin Xu

Hyein Yang

Val Yang

Emily Yoon

Rongzhen Yuan

Kaitlyn Zhang

Kexuan Zhang

Peki Zhang

Yuzhou Zhang

Xuru Zhao

Kore Zhong

Aria Zhou