Two Hearts
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- Materials:bookboard, leather, wood, glass, cherry, laserprint on transparency, water, metal leaf, acrylic
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© 2006
size of edition: 3
Dimensions (in inches): closed: 12.2 x 12.2 x 3.15, opens to: 21.5 x 21.5 x 2.25
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A glass vial with screw top stands on a square wooden block. The vial is exposed when any or all of the four sides of the pyramid structure are opened.
Prior to exhibition the glass vial is filled with water and fresh or dried cherries, then sealed. Soon after initial assembly, this book interacts with itself as the cherries at the bottom of the vial begin to disintegrate and float upwards. The water undreneath is then tinted a pink, after several days the cherry starts to disintegrate, the pits (if fresh cherries are used) float at the top of the cylinder. If left long enough the water fades back to clear.
Prior to exhibition the glass vial is filled with water and fresh or dried cherries, then sealed. Soon after initial assembly, this book interacts with itself as the cherries at the bottom of the vial begin to disintegrate and float upwards. The water undreneath is then tinted a pink, after several days the cherry starts to disintegrate, the pits (if fresh cherries are used) float at the top of the cylinder. If left long enough the water fades back to clear.
I began this life with
two hearts
nestled side by side.
One hard, unyielding,
able to withstand
indifference.
The other soft, expansive,
growing larger and stronger
with every beat.
One has grown all
round the other
enveloping
hardness
with flowing, growing
juiciness.
When I die and am cut
open, will it be a surprise to
find I have two hearts?
One a shrivelled pit of a
thing, hidden and protected,
surviving in the juicy depths?
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