The Ark of Frailty,
2008

71 ½” x 15 ¾” x 105 ¼”

Media:

Typeset on card stock; hair lockets made from stretched and curled audiotape recordings of “Lazarus species” in the wild (species that are rediscovered alive after being classified as extinct); 19th-century hair flowers; 19th-century dried flowers; lace and fabric from widows’ mourning dresses; carved animal bone buttons; antique ribbons and buttons; colored paper, silk, homemade paper, poplar, willow, ash, white oak, milk paint, glass

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