1995
proposal
from “If They Built a Memorial to the War in the Streets: Seven Proposals to Honor the Urban Dead,” published in The New York Times Sunday Magazine (April 9, 1995)
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Gouge: A memorial to the murdered
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21 Visions of Nancy Fowler
1995
brass, plastic half-frame slide viewers, photo transparencies
7 7/8 x 8 x 3 inches
Collaboration with students of the Seminar in Contemporary Art at the University of Georgia, Athens
edition of 10021 visions of the Christian mystic, Nancy Fowler, of Commerce, GA, were interpreted by Mel Chin’s UGA class of 1995. They formed a collection of viewable “visions” held together by a brass halo.
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Erased Currency
Ruin (2nd state) (5 dollar denomination)
The Green Light Ahead (20 dollar denomination)
The Eye of the Beholder (1 dollar denomination)
1995
Erased U.S. currency
2 9/16 x 6 1/8 inches eachA series of U.S. bills of various denominations were erased to isolate particular elements in order to create alternate narratives.
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HOME y SEW 9
1994
External: GLOCK 9 mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamel
Internal: 2″ Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride) with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, (5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride, 500 acetaminophen), intramuscular Epinephrine (0.3mg), angiocatheter (14 gauge)
5 7/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/16 inchesA strapable, self-contained, action-activated, fully functional, self-inoculating, self-medicating, emergency gunshot trauma treatment kit. Disarming the aura of “gun” through covert, surgical implantation of life-saving potential.
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Study for HOME y SEW 9 (on metal)
1994
brush and white ink, and enamel on sheet metal
17 x 17 inchessee HOMEySEW9
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Study for HOME y SEW 9
1994
14 x 20 inches
electro-pounced drawing with graphite and label on tracing paper, laid over police firing range targetsee HOME y SEW 9