Pinches Pelos

In “Pinches Pelos” the artist's hairs were engraved with words using a new nanotechnology technique known as "Focused Ion Beam" (FIB). Each engraved hair was photographed with an electron microscope and the resulting backlit transparency mounted on a metal frame. Each print is sold together with a test tube with the hair that is engraved with that unique text. The piece can be exhibited with the certificate from the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research.

In Mexican Spanish "Pinches Pelos" is translated somewhere between "Fucking Hairs" and "Damned Hairs". Although most of the words come from psychotherapy many have a more general meaning that is not autobiographical. Here is a list of the available words so far.


 Dodger
 Stockholm
 Devaluado
 Ouch!
 Get real
 Procedureless
 Pissed
 Charity sex
 Pulmón
 CHAHUISTLE
 Mega
 Freestyle
 Bottleneck
 more or less
 overwhelmed
 self-correctional
 autocratic
 wasted
 tawdry moron
 tanked
 sí, amorcito
 need to know basis
 pity party
 ammo
 test in the head

General info

Year of creation:

2009

Devaluado

Technique:

Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate

Dimensions:

85 x 50 x 5 cm

Keywords:

indoor, biometric, print

Edition:

1 Edition

Dodger

Technique:

Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate

Dimensions:

85 x 50 x 5 cm

Keywords:

indoor, biometric, print

Edition:

1 Edition

Collectors:

private collector

Ouch

Technique:

Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate

Dimensions:

85 x 50 x 5 cm

Keywords:

indoor, biometric, print

Edition:

1 Edition

Stockholm

Technique:

Human hair coated with gold film and engraved with a focused ion beam, test tube, illuminated electron-microscope duratrans print, metal frame, certificate

Dimensions:

85 x 50 x 5 cm

Keywords:

indoor, biometric, print

Edition:

1 Edition

Collectors:

private collector