The Volume of Every Member of my Family
2002
4 paperboard boxes of different sizes
In the summer of 2001, I measured the volumes of all the members of my family in the garden of my parents’ house. One by one, I submerged my sister, mother and father in a tub of cold water and measured the amount of displaced liquid. Using Archimedes’ principle, I subsequently calculated the volumes of our bodies and then reduced them to physical objects: I used white cardboard to make four boxes of varying sizes corresponding to the volumes measured.
My Family in Basel
My Family in Prague
My Family in Vienna
My Family in Budapest
My Family in Klatovy
