Credit: Michaela Kane, Duke University
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This work, which appears in
Science Translational Medicine on April 7, was done by biomedical engineers, molecular biologists, and immunologists at Duke University, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the Galveston National Laboratory.
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For 10 hours, Dallas artist lay still to help put 2020 in the past
Erica Felicella kept motionless on a bed of rocks from dawn to dusk Tuesday in a performance that asked visitors to let go.
Erica Felicella lays in a bed of stones as she performs “Resistance, Re-Live and Proceed” in the Cedars neighborhood. The piece took place from sunrise to sunset at an empty lot.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
Artist Erica Felicella spent one of the last days of 2020 lying on her back in a square pile of rocks. She was motionless for 10 hours, from 7:10 a.m. to sundown at 5:30 p.m. The artist commanded a lot in the Cedars neighborhood for the performance, titled, “Resistance, Re-Live and Proceed.” The interactive event drew dozens of visitors over the course of an overcast but mild winter day.