_(Un)premeditated Inheritance_ is an installation consisting of one hundred and eight 20mm anti-aircraft bullet shells filled with my hair and trinitite, a radioactive glass formed from the heat of the first Atomic bomb testing in New Mexico. I am fascinated by the idea that my very existence is rooted in two significant historical moments: the birth of the atomic bomb in New Mexico and the bombing of Hiroshima.

  
The first ever Atomic bomb exploded into the world in the deserts of Alamogordo, NM in 1945\. Two weeks later, the first weaponized Atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima by the Enola Gay B-29 bomber. At the time, my grandfather was 15 years old and compelled like many others to work at an ammunition factory to produce anti-aircraft bullets. It is there he experienced the blast from the bomb. He survived the explosion but later learned that most of his family did not.

  
The contents of these WWII era practice rounds, my hair and the trinitite, are grounded to the point that they resemble gunpowder; perhaps a newer form of ammunition to be used for either protection or attack. Both trinite and myself are accidental byproducts of war, as are so many others. This new fusion marks a more complete and fuller story of my origin that started long before my own birth. The two opposing moments in history come together and are still present within my body and experiences today; neither one exists with the other.

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