Thursday, August 14, 2008

Iraq Graphic, Time-Based Illustration of Occupation

Click the red button

Although this is an apt illustration of the deluge of blood in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad, this image also seems to emerge in tandem from the actual experiences of U.S. soldiers in their aerial "point-click" bombing in this second incursion in Iraq and elsewhere. This piece resonates with Paul Virilio's comments on the new visibilities and blindnesses attendant to modern warfare, in his War & Cinema book.

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