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Dario Robleto A Phantom Attempts to Sing as She Once Did on Earth (2004)

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Artist
Dario Robleto
Title
A Phantom Attempts to Sing as She Once Did on Earth
Date
2004
Tags
Mixed Media
Medium
Carved de-carbonized bone dust, dehydrated bone calcium, ground amino acids, reel to reel audio loop of a female ghost humming a lullaby made from an E.V.P. recording (Electronic Voice Phenomena: voices and sounds from the past, detected through magnetic audiotape) recorded at a Civil War reenactment at Gettysburg, melted bullet lead, rust, velvet, mahogany, fir, water extendable resin, and typeset
Dimensions
11 × 2 × 11 inches (27.94 × 5.08 × 27.94 cm)
Accession Number
2009.12.1
Credit Line
Gift of Blake Byrne, A.B.’57

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