Some Longings Survive Death,
2008

57″ x 53″ x 8″

Media:

Glacially released 50,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusks; 19th-century braided hair flowers of various lovers intertwined with glacially released woolly mammoth hair; carved ivory and bone; bocote, colored paper, silk, ribbon, typeset

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