Shoot an Iraqi in Real Time
Friday, May 11, 2007
After taking up 24/7 residence in a room at Chicago's Flatfile Gallery, Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal activated a paintball gun connected to a webcam to allow net users to take a shot at him. Not a "game" you "win," conventionally speaking, and while the artistic statement is rather pointed, interest is high enough to crash the gallery's server. While they try to get back up and running, check out this Chicago Tribune slideshow of the "Domestic Tension" installation.
UPDATE: The server seemed to be almost working for a minute there.
Domestic Tension [via Boing Boing]
Log On, Shoot at an Iraqi [Art Threat]
The paintall project [Chicago Tribune]
-- Chris Mohney
