
chassis_diptych_vertival_riv_1.3.srvr 2015
Shaped aluminum with lacquer finish and Sex Wax
36 x 17.5 x 2 in/ 91.4 x 44.5 x 5.1 cm

Pouring (December 21) 2014
Polyvinyl acetate and pigment
64 x 36 in/ 162.6 x 91.4 cm

Recombinant 2015
Single-channel HD video and custom software
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3


Installation View
David J Merritt: Flesh of My Flesh
KANSAS


Nirvana 2011
HD video on USB key
9 hours, 15 minutes (looped)

Template CT-G 2012
Gypsum cement, unfired ceramic clay, graphite, glass and custom sugar maple frame
23 ½ x 16 ½ x 1 ¼ in/ 59/7 x 41.9 3.2 cm

Tablet B1, 2013
Gypsum cement, unfired ceramic clay and powdered brass
10 x 7 x 1 in/ 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm

Untitled (Longboard), or Traction or An Attempt at Intimacy 2013
Tropical Sex Wax on hand polished extruded aluminum
120 x 120 x 1 in/ 304.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm

Untitled (Longboard), or Traction or An Attempt at Intimacy DETAIL 2013
Tropical Sex Wax on hand polished extruded aluminum
120 x 120 x 1 in/ 304.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm

Column WWD-10 DETAIL 2012
Gypsum cement, unfired ceramic clay, graphite, saliva and hair
84 x 3 x 3 in/ 213.4 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm

Template CSMB-G 2013
Gypsum, unfired ceramic clay, graphite, glass and custom sugar maple frame
48 x 16 ½ x 1 in/ 121.9 x 41.9 2.5 cm

Template BSQ-G 2013
Gypsum cement, unfired ceramic clay, graphite, glass and custom sugar maple frame
48 x 16 ½ x 1 in/ 121.9 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm

Interpreter II 2013
Magnesium embossing plates, wood and glass
33 ½ x 26 x 1 ½ in/ 85.1 x 66.1 x 3.8 cm

'Bathurst Inlet' Rock on Curiosity's Sol 54, Context View
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity held its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera about 10.5 inches (27 centimeters) away from the top of a rock called "Bathurst Inlet" for a set of eight images combined into this merged-focus view of the rock. This context image covers an area roughly 6.5 inches by 5 inches (16 centimeters by 12 centimeters). Resolution is about 105 microns per pixel.
MAHLI took the component images for this merged-focus view, plus closer-up images of Bathhurst Inlet, during Curiosity's 54th Martian day, or sol (Sept. 30, 2012). The instrument's principal investigator had invited Curiosity's science team to "MAHLI it up!" in the selection of Sol 54 targets for inspection with MAHLI and with the other instrument at the end of Curiosity's arm, the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer.
The Bathhurst Inlet rock is dark gray and appears to be so fine-grained that MAHLI cannot resolve grains or crystals in it. This means that the grains or crystals, if there are any at all, are smaller than about 80 microns in size. Some windblown sand-sized grains or dust aggregates have accumulated on the surface of the rock but this surface is clean compared to, for example, the pebbly substrate below the rock (upper left and lower right in this context image).
MAHLI can do focus merging onboard. The full-frame versions of the eight separate images that were combined into this view were not even returned to Earth - just the thumbnail versions. Merging the images onboard reduces the volume of data that needs to be downlinked to Earth.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems 2013
Titled inkjet print on archival paper
9 ½ x 9 in/ 24.2 x 22.9 cm
Edition of 5

Interpreter II DETAIL 2013
Magnesium embossing plates, wood and glass
33 ½ x 26 x 1 ½ in/ 85.1 x 66.1 x 3.8 cm

Array v1.1 2013
Aluminum, victory wax, sculpting wax and Sex Wax
62 x 11 ½ x 1 in/ 157.5 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm

Array v1.1 DETAIL 2013
Aluminum, victory wax, sculpting wax and Sex Wax
62 x 11 ½ x 1 in/ 157.5 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm

Installation View
David J. Merritt
KANSAS

Instrument DETAIL 2013
Single-channel video generated by a customized software algorithm, sound of artist breathing digitally, floor monitor speaker
8 hour timed sequence that auto-plays between the hours of 10-6pm Tuesday - Saturday
Edition of 3

Instrument INSTALLATION VIEW 2013
Single-channel video generated by a customized software algorithm, sound of artist breathing digitally, floor monitor speaker
8 hour timed sequence that auto-plays between the hours of 10-6pm Tuesday-Saturday
Edition of 3





















