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Item Details
Title: Tom Osbourne's Fiber Optic Egg
Artist: Michael de Courcy
Date: December 31, 1968
Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]
Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive
Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm
More Information: Tom Osborne and his fiber optic sound sculpture which was developed at the Intermedia studios. The piece would pulsate in time to the sound of a fetal heartbeat emitted by the egg. Collection of the artist.
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