Jill O'Bryan: one billion breaths in a lifetime

New York-based artist Jill O’Bryan’s polished chrome sculpture is "a celebration of longevity and a life well lived."  It takes approximately 97 years to breathe a billion breaths. “Our corporeal relationship to the number one billion is experienced both intimately and politically,” says artist Jill O’Bryan. “one billion breaths in a lifetime is a celebration of longevity and a life well lived, an acknowledgement of mortality, and a recognition of lives cut short.
Fundamentally the message is a reminder of a system that connects all life in micro and macrocosmic networks—you complete the artwork when you walk by and see your reflection.” This sculpture is based on the artist’s calculation of her own breaths through a series of drawings she began in 2000 to capture time.

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