I Can't Stop You From Taking Everything I Have (I Don't Really Want to), 2001

69″ x 70″ x 63 1/2″ overall

Media:

Seashells; homemade sand (hand-ground seashells, indigenous rocks, fish bones, crab shells, etc.); cast vinyl pearls made from Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer”; homemade bouncing balls (sodium silicate, alcohol); plaster, spray paint

 

From the 10-part sculpture Popular Hymns Will Sustain Us All (End it All)

 

Wood, paint, internal lighting system, Plexiglass

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