At War With The Entropy Of Nature / Ghost Don't Always Want To Come Back, 2002

2 1/2” x 3 3/4” x 5/8”

Media:

Cassette: carved bone and bone dust from every bone in the body; trinitite (glass formed during the first atomic test explosion, circa 1945, at the Trinity test site, when heat from the blast melted surrounding sand); metal screws, rust, typeset.

Audio tape: an original composition of military drum marches, various weapon fire, and soldiers’ voices from battlefields of various wars made from E.V.P. recordings (Electronic Voice Phenomena: voices and sounds of the dead or past, detected through magnetic audiotape).

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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

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