Vital Remains has machinery parts that release incense in response to the vibrations of a seismograph sensor. Through the delay and interruption of smoke and scent, it expands time, creating a meditative sense of immersive extension inside of glass. The performance of delay, interruption, filling, and immersion is manifested through the smoke. The machine exhales in response, producing a breath that becomes rougher, as if malfunctioning, breathing in sync with the audience.
Raw matter and residue. A balance of vitality given and taken.
Herbs absorb the earth’s energy, then return it to us through scent.
The dead tree, cast in glass, holds this trinity.
Each vessel—some with oil, some with soil, some only tree—releases scent as intra-action of themselves.
A breath, a presence, a trace.
Blown glass, found tree trunk, local made oregano and peppermint oil, dried peppermint, glycerin, propylene glycol, heated wire, cloth, steel, dimensions variable