David Maisel: Library of Dust

David Maisel... Library of Dust 86-590. From Library of Dust (2005-2006) by David Maisel. "...these canisters hold the cremated remains of patients from an American psychiatric hospital. Oddly reminiscent of bullet casings, the canisters are literal gravesites. Reacting with their ash inhabitants, the canisters are now blooming with secondary minerals, articulating new metallic landscapes."