[H&R] dead-in-iraq

[Joseph Gray]

thought this was genius:

http://www.unr.edu/art/DELAPPE/Gaming/Dead_In_Iraq/ 
dead_in_iraq%20JPEGS.html

dead-in-iraq, 2005

This work commenced in March of 2006, to roughly coincide with the 3rd  
anniversary of the start of the Iraq conflict. I enter the online US  
Army recruiting game, "America's Army", in order to manually type the  
name, rank and date of death of each service person who has died to  
date in Iraq. The work is essentially a fleeting, online memorial to  
those military personnel who have been killed in this ongoing conflict.  
My actions are also intended as a cautionary gesture.

I enter the game using as my login name, "dead-in-iraq" and proceed to  
type the names using the game's text messaging system. As is my usual  
practice when creating such an intervention, I am a neutral visitor as  
I do not particate in the proscribed mayhem. Rather, I stand in  
position and type until I am killed. Upon being re-incarnated I  
continue to type.

To date, I have input just over 250 names. I intend to keep doing so  
until the end of this war. As of 4/28/06 there have been 2,397 American  
service persons killed in Iraq. (source - http://icasualties.org/oif/)

"America's Army" is the online recruiting game and PR tool of the  
United States Army. For more information go to:

http://www.sourcewatch.org
http://www.americasarmy.com/