War Pigeon With a Message (Love Survives the Death of Cells), 2002
8″ x 11″ x 5 1/2″
Media:
Pigeon skeleton, WWII-era pigeon I.D. tag, homemade paper (pulp made from human rib cage bone dust, and a Civil War-era letter that a Union soldier’s wife wrote to a Confederate General pleading for the release and return of her P.O.W. husband), WWI bullet, ribbon, rose petals, rust, dirt, and rubble from the Berlin Wall
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