20” x 15 ½” x 10”
Antique radio: cast and carved bone charcoal, melted vinyl records of U.S. presidents addressing or declaring war; dehydrated bone calcium; cold cast zinc, silver, and nickel; melted bullet lead; sulfur, pigments, dirt, rust, water-extendable resin, typeset, speaker.
Soundtrack: loop of the radio broadcast of the first number being called in the draft lottery of WWII (October 29th, 1940); Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”; and church bells and choirs
Soundtrack production assistance by Justin Boyd
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