The Four Caskets Project adopted the emotionally cathartic structures of the traditional Korean funeral ceremony including an elaborate casket, music, costumes, procession and burial. The simulated act of mourning was intended to be multi-facetted, dramatic and to allow the ‘mourners’ deep emotional release. A colorful casket is contrasted by the white costumes of the mourners, while narrative chanting is accompanied by the soft sound of bells. The audience is invited to make funeral objects and experience a procession from the funeral home to the burial site. The project consisted of two parts: first; the making of four caskets and paper flowers to be placed on a flowerbed altar in the gallery (the gallery functioned as a funeral home)

second; the conducting of an outdoor funerary procession and burial. Because of the timing, the 9/11 tragedies also influenced the psychological, spiritual, and ethical dimensions of this project, an aspect that was specifically acknowledged in the September exhibition at the Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio in 2004.