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

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