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Mounted on a red wall are photos of ?lead flowers.? The number
of homicides reported in the city (of the exhibition) determines the
number of photographs on the wall.
 Accompanying literature informs the viewer that
the lead flowers in the photographs are of enlarged Starfire
Hollowpoint bullets. Fired through gelatin, to simulate penetration of
the human body, the bullets have bloomed into lead flowers. Each flower photograph represents one of the many casualties this
year. Flattened, expanded and recontextualized as traditional flower
photography, the Starfire Hollowpoint bullets become a symbol of both
moratorium and horror. A plaque on the wall reads:
To date there have been _________ homocides in this city. The number in the blank changes throughout the duration of the exhibition. Bouquet is a these memorial to the unknown dead of our streets.
Medium: photography, graphics, website, mirrors, red paint, computer work station
Date: 1992-97
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