Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

This was a video installation for my exhibition WARning! in New York, 2004, during the Republican National Convention. Images were sourced from the Internet, and news sites such as Al Jazeera, to draw attention to what the world, it seemed to be, was turning a blind eye -- the devastation of "collateral damage" and what the Iraq war really looked like. The occasional image in American mainstream media, (who were so embedded and so ensconced in cheerleading the war), did nothing to present the truth about what was going on.

As President Obama is accused of "dithering" with regard to Afghanistan by the likes of Dick Cheney -- the very architects of these massacres, and as the President considers sending in more troops, it may be helpful to remember what depleted uranium looks like when its dropped on human beings. These images are meant to turn your stomach. And to cause you to question how your attitude might be toward the country responsible for this, if these were your family members.