Daughters of Wounds and Relics,
2006

30” x 19” x 3 1/4”

Media:

Hair braid made from stretched and curled audiotape recordings of the last known Union Civil War soldier’s voice and the last known Confederate Civil War widow’s voice; homemade paper (pulp made from sweetheart letters written by soldiers who did not return from various wars, sepia, bone dust from every bone in the body); hair flower braided by a Civil War widow; lace and fabric from mourning dresses; colored paper, silk, milk paint, ink-stained ash, glass, typeset

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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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