Nº 004 — 428
CAT-2024-004A collaborative work. None of the collaborators were consulted.
Completed skull. 428 obituary clippings visible through surface layer
Construction
Papier-mâché skull, hand-formed over a mold taken from one of the human skulls in the collection. Built entirely from newspaper obituary clippings. Four hundred and twenty-eight of them.
Contributors
Special thanks to all 428 participants who helped bring this project to life.
Congratulations in particular to those who finally quit smoking and gave up the drinking. Sometimes it takes desperate measures, but every one of them managed it in the end.
Membership
It is worth noting that this is an open collective. Enrollment is automatic and non-optional. The waiting list is long, but no one has ever been rejected.
Admission is guaranteed. The after-party is pending confirmation.
Nº 001 — Sanskulla
A kalimba mounted on an autopsy-cut human skull top. Nine tines tuned to A minor. The calvaria functions as a resonance dish. You cannot play a wrong note. Reportedly.
Nº 002 — Early works (age 14)
Recovered from a box labeled "childhood stuff." Originally catalogued as creativity. Reclassified on review as something else entirely.
Nº 005 — Good boy
Cleared and stained juvenile canine specimen. The anterior fontanelle remains unfused, producing a visible star pattern on the cranial vault where the dye does not reach. Responds well to commands.