The Pause Became Permanence,
2005

69” x 26” x 26”

Media:

Ink-dyed willow and ash; hair lockets made from stretched and curled audiotape recordings of the last known Confederate and Union Civil War soldiers’ voices; excavated and melted shrapnel from various wars; hair flowers braided by war widows; homemade paper (pulp made from soldier’s letters home sent by sea); lace and fabric from widow’s mourning dresses; colored paper, silk, ribbon, milk paint, glass, typeset.

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