When Your Heartstrings Break I Can Mend Them Back (The Supreme Solution), 1998

3 ½” x 3 ½” x 3”

Media:

Melted vinyl records, gold dust, silver dust, gold paint, antique pill box, velvet

Every Top 40 single by Diana Ross and the Supremes was ground into powder, melted down, then carved and sanded into the shape of a pill.

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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