44″ x 44″ x 54 1/4″
19th-century top hat; fabric and thread from 19th-century mourning dresses; a hair flower braided by a war widow intertwined with a stretched audio tape recording of Walt Whitman reciting his poem “America” (1889); melted excavated bullet lead from various wars; ribbon, typeset, colored paper, metal lockets, cartes de visite, ink-stained willow, glass
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