45” x 37” x 6”

Media:

Homemade paper (pulp made from brides’ letters to soldiers from various wars, ink retrieved from letters, cotton); fabric and thread from soldiers’ uniforms from various wars; hair flowers braided by war widows; excavated shrapnel and melted bullet lead from various battlefields; colored paper, mourning dress fabric, silk, ribbon, lace, cartes de visite, antique buttons

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About the Work:

Earliest waveform recordings of blood flowing from the heart and in the brain during sleep, dreaming, and various emotional states (1874-96).3-D printed in brass-plated stainless steel; lacquered maple, 22k gold leaf; video, waveform audio processing by Patrick Feaster