The cold world of immortality

The precious documentary images of a British photographer reveal the mysterious world of those who believe they will be revived by science in the future.

Life after death, for many people, is the existence of the soul. Accordingly, when the body is dissipated, there will be something mysterious that still cannot be proved by science. However, for those obsessed with cryogenic techniques, 'a second life', or more precisely, life is revived after death, it is their goal.

The prospect of immortality is a six-year study conducted by British photographer Murray Ballard. He has traveled around the world and recorded impressive images of the frozen world, a direction that not only attracts science 'crazy' people, but is also contributed by the real estate companies. death, at least physically to wait for a positive day. Admittedly, the size of this industry is not very large, according to photographer Ballard, who had the opportunity to visit the base of the Alcor Life Extension Association in Phoenix, Arizona (USA); Frozen Institute in Detroit (Michigan state); Suspended Animation company in Boytan Beach, Florida (USA); KrioRus in Moscow (Russia) .

Until now, it is unclear whether this is something only in good science fiction
truly a method to help immortal people - (Photo: chanarchive.org)

Freezing is a technique to preserve corpses in liquid nitrogen at a temperature of -196 ° C, which began in the 1960s. Human body preservation methods are still not reversible to the current scientific level, but frozen theorists still hope that someday, immovable bodies can be revived thanks to more modern technology. It is difficult to get accurate statistics, but it is estimated that about 2,000 people have signed up for this adventure program, and there are 250 people currently frozen, along with more than 100 pets. And the number of people who enjoy the prospect of immortality thanks to this method is the judge of the famous X-Factor program Simon Cowell, according to the Daily Mail.

Ballard's project began in 2006, after the photographer read the news that caught the attention: Frozen failures had destroyed the hope of resurrecting the two in France. He phoned a frozen body of corpses in the UK and attended these meetings and technical training sessions. The real opportunity came when Ballard met one of the founders of KrioRus, the Russian frozen organization, and recorded the image of both resting places of the first person to apply the method.

It is the grave of this man on the outskirts of St.Petersburg, and the first place in Moscow. Preserving the head requires less cost than storing the body. ' These individuals do not want to return to life with the same original body. Instead, they want a new body. They are only interested in preserving the brain, the part that they think will preserve their true memories and identities, ' Wired said Ballard.

Unlike orthodox science, frozen immortal scientists often make the tools they think can serve the goals they pursue. In addition, cryogenic technology has not improved much in the past 6 years, but for industry insiders, any new scientific technology can be related to their work.

And the bodies in liquid nitrogen could not urge those responsible to quickly revive themselves. Anyway, anyone who has agreed to sign a body freezing agreement is warned that it can take 20 to 50 years, or 200 years, in case the prospect they always dreamed of came true.