At War With The Entropy Of Nature / Ghost Don't Always Want To Come Back, 2002
2 1/2” x 3 3/4” x 5/8”
Media:
Cassette: carved bone and bone dust from every bone in the body; trinitite (glass formed during the first atomic test explosion, circa 1945, at the Trinity test site, when heat from the blast melted surrounding sand); metal screws, rust, typeset.
Audio tape: an original composition of military drum marches, various weapon fire, and soldiers’ voices from battlefields of various wars made from E.V.P. recordings (Electronic Voice Phenomena: voices and sounds of the dead or past, detected through magnetic audiotape).
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