Shot More Than 40,000 Times


	Shot More Than 40,000 Times

Rasmus

6-22-2007 5:11 PM

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artist, iraqi, paintball, iraq war

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When Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal decided to sequester himself in a Chicago art gallery for 42 days with a paintball gun that people could aim and fire at him over the Internet, he thought he might get a few shots per day. He never guessed that by day 20, more than 40,000 shots would be fired and that hackers would program the gun to fire automatically.</P><P>His exhibit, "Domestic Tension," shows the constant stress and fear under which his family and others in Iraq live. And it highlights the detached, remote way both the American public and soldiers experience modern warfare.</P><P>"To the Western media it's a virtual war going on in Iraq -- we're far removed in the comfort zone," he says. "We're allowed to disengage from the consequences of war. We don't see mutilated bodies, we don't see the toll on human beings."</P><P>It is unclear how well he has conveyed his first point.</P><P>It is chilling how well he has conveyed the second.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5971831B-EF4A-4301-AB73-807A5EE2F7BE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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