Mourning and Redemption (At the Gates of the Dance Floor), 1999

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Various artifacts crafted from melted 45 rpm and 12-inch records; crystal disco ball created with homemade blue crystals (monoammonium phosphate, water, dye); oil and acrylic paints, spray paint, syringe, ribbon, resin, acrylic shelf, polyester resin

 

Objects on the left of the runway dance floor made with Crystal Gale’s “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.”

 

Duplicate objects on the right made with Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

 

Shotgun shells: For Kurt, 1994.
Arrowheads: For Atahuallpa, 1532.
Syringes: For Basquiat, 1988.
Coal: For the father of the coal miner’s daughter, 1959.
Scaled-down version of an O-Ring: For the Challenger, 1986.
Medallion: For Freddy Mercury, 1991.
Weight gain pill: For Karen, 1983.
Impression of dinosaur skin: For the dinosaurs, 60 million years ago BC.
Thimble: For the weaver’s rebellion (The Triangle Shirtwaist Company), 1909.
Lily: For Oscar Wilde, 1900.

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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