The Minor Chords Are Ours (box),
2003

3/4” x 3” x 3”

Media:

Box: Cast and carved bone dust from every bone in the body; dehydrated bone calcium, diatomaceous earth, sulfur, blue-green algae, crushed amino acids, Dead Sea salt, apache tear, galena, onyx, typeset

 

Violin string: Cast from ground Icelandic lava and impact glass (glass produced when a meteorite strikes Earth and melts the surrounding sand); ground quartz, nickel, silver dust, amino acids, water-extendable resin, typeset

 

About the Work:

Component of a 5-part sculpture that includes Nihilist With a Dream, Chrysanthemum Anthems, A Maestro’s Moonshine, and Skeleton Wine, 1918.

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