Defiant Gardens,
2008

79 ½” x 61” x 4 ½”

Media:

Homemade paper (pulp made from soldiers’ letters sent home and wife/sweetheart letters sent to soldiers from various wars, cotton); thread and fabric from soldiers’ uniforms of various wars; WWII-era pigeon message capsules; dried flowers from various battlefields; hair flowers braided by war widows; excavated shrapnel and bullet lead from various battlefields; carrier pigeon skeletons, mourning dress fabric, cut paper, seeds, seashells, cartes de visite, gold leaf, silk, ribbon, wood, glass, foam core, and glue. 

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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