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poker hand made out of cards from the U. S. govemment-issued Iraq War deck.
A 16mm movie projector from the 1940s lights the mannequin from across the
room, showing old war footage across the boy’s face and body. A small table to
the side of the projector houses a rotating laser that is pointed at a target saying
“There.” The rotating laser sweeps across a 45-degree arc, coming to focus on
the “There” target in the center. The laser and target are encased in glass, and
the internal walls inside are angled mirrors such that the laser light bounces
infinitely from side to side as it moves, hitting the “There” target while also
necessarily hitting all of the other targets inside the box as well. Beside the laser
is a wooden table with a blue Spotlight focusing on a miniature antique globe.
The globe, dressed up like a pincushion with recently recovered one-inch
flechette darts dropped from U.S. helicopters during the Vietnam War in Order
to kill Vietcong hiding in the jungle, glows in the light.
Materials used: U. S. govemment Iraq War playing cards, 120 year-old
bam wood and nails, child’s Soviet Army GP-5 gas mask and canvas pouch,
1940s restored Silhouettes animated störe mannequin, 16mm movie reel and
metal case, 1943 16mm Moviegraph projector E-743, wooden rods, black
wooden card table, unfinished pine card table, lasers, mirrors, motors, aluminum
foil, plywood, toy globe, 6 inch metal black fan propeller, 6v motors, vintage
desk globe, fishing line, G. I. Joe weapons, Shell casings, antique hemp rope,
blue LED light, strobe lights, satellite dish, enamel paint, World War II U. S.
military phones, rusted tray table, U.S. Army dress greens 39R military uniform
wom by a soldier who was injured in a mine explosion, reel to reel recording of
a Viet Nam vet discussing his psychological case history, vintage plastic green
army men, “Map Interpretation with Military Applications” (1943 first edition
book), black and white portable television, antique magnifying lens, vintage reel
to reel tape recorder, MP3 player, recently recovered one-inch flechette darts
dropped from U.S. helicopters during the Vietnam war in order to kill Vietcong
hiding in the jungle, CD player, blue and black-lights, 1940s child’s intercom
telephone play set, DVD player, 12v motors, antique globe bookends, two U.S.
Army ammunition boxes (7.62 small cal and 50 cal), shell casings, coaxial
cable, crystal globe on brass stand, Russian Navy barometer.