X-ray art installation depicts injuries from terrorism
Inside Terrorism: The X-Ray Project is an art exhibition of X-rays and CT-scans from Jerusalem hospitals depicting civilian injuries from terrorist attacks. The full text accompanying the piece shown here reads, "I was in college then, riding the bus to campus. When he exploded, his watch blasted into my neck. Some of the shrapnel tore through my cartoid artery, which carries blood to my brain." The following is from artist Diane Covert's statement about the project:
The idea for Inside Terrorism began to coalesce in my mind in 2002 as a personal response to terrorism and to my discomfort with the way terrorism has been justified in some circles. This is a documentary of survivors of terrorism. Much like photographer Mathew Brady documented the Civil War, people in emergency rooms today are documenting the effects of terrorism. The exhibit is another form of "straight" photography - that is photographs made with an unaltered spectrum of light. With that technology, we are able to look inside terrorism.Link (Thanks, Mark Pescovitz!)
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Really? "Straight photography?" Even if Matthew Brady hadn't doctored many of his photographs (moving corpses into appropriate poses, rearranging munitions, etc.), the idea that any kind of photographic practice could provide unmediated "straight" access to a privileged truth is ludicrous, and dangerous. I'd also like to know what, exactly, she means by "an unaltered spectrum of light." Being printed seems like a clear form of alteration to me.
I'm guessing that this doesn't include victims of state sponsored terrorism.
that would be playing in Baghdad right about now
"I'm guessing that this doesn't include victims of state sponsored terrorism."
Sure it does, the only terrorists in Jerusalem are the ones armed and paid for by Iran and Syria. Funny how they seem fond of targeting buses and pizzerias -- lot's of young people. Sick.
Oh but wait, they are obviously somebody's "freedom fighters", how could I be so un-progressive, silly me.
Because all the dead Palestinians shot themselves?
I wonder if she took any pictures of houses the Israelis decided to demolish?
You come home from work and SURPRISE! Your house is gone!
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/GASPD254.doc.htm
"I was trying to stop them from bulldozing the house.
Then they rode over me with the bulldozer.
It killed me." -
Rachel
How do you know that none of the X-rays are of Palestinians?
Realistically, if you blow up a bus, you're probably killing as many Palestinians as Israelis. I would, however, hope that civilians who were shot by soldiers would get equal billing with the ones who were blown up. It's terrorism either way.
The artist, Diane Covert, has just informed me that "the installation includes Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc."
Same folks, jumping right on the anti-Israel train again. And, as comment 10 reveals, you're completely mistaken in your assumptions about the victims. Of course, my post will likely be "edited" by this site again.
Antinous - you really have nothing against Jews? You sure about that?
does a "pro-human train" run through here?
Binary minds, black/white, us/them, total right/utter wrong....
It is not "anti-Israel" to oppose bad policies of the present government of Israel.
Even the slightest mention of Israel on this site brings a flurry of anti-Israel comments. It's a curious thing. Why so much zealous enmity toward Israel? Especially when it's an article about an art exhibit. It begs the question - why hate on Israel so much? There's no flurry of hateful comments on any and all posts on China or Iran or Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or Burma or Syria. Ask yourself - why is that?
When Israelis take aim, it's at 'militants' because the Palestinian Authority doesn't have an actual military, so it's always going to be 'civilian casualties.' The IDF targets sites and people that are going to be doing things like firing rockets into an elementary school. When a house gets bulldozed, it's because it would be a good launch site into Israel. Bulldozing it, and preventing more structures being built in the same place saves lives; lives on both sides. The Israelis don't suicide bomb buses and malls, or hijack airplanes and blow them up. Terrorists do that; maybe taking aim to murder little kids (who are completely innocent, no matter how you want to look at this issue)isn't enough to see how wicked these people are; do they need to kill puppies or something too?
david, does that mean victims of state terrorism are included or not?
looks like some need to do their homework. Visit some Palestinian sites, weigh the evidence.
bye the bye, Israel has long used the demolition of private homes by bulldozer as "punishment".
There are no angels in the mid-east. Not like here.
My lebanese friends whose houses and workplaces got bombed to pieces in the summer of 2006 kind of feel the same way, you know.
And speaking of terrorists, I had a (distant) relative who once was officially a terrorist. A young man in occupied France, he took to the maquis to avoid being conscripted to work in german weapon factories. He was on the "wanted" list, as a "terrorist." All résistants were labelled "terrorists" by the occupier.
I'm not saying the situation was anywhere near the same as occupied Palestine. But to those pro-israel people out there, I just want to ask you one question:
What would you do if you were in their stead? What would you do if you were born in occupied Palestine, had to submit to daily harassment and humiliation by the occupying forces, couldn't travel to see your family, couldn't get a job as most Palestinians?
@ Nixar
What would I do? I wouldn't remote detonate a woman with down syndrome in a crowded market. I wouldn't smear fecal matter on rusted nails to cause festering wounds. I wouldn't decapitate people, or take up arms against a rival political party when I wasn't bombing Israeli civilians.
What would I do? I would peacefully lobby for concessions. It would accomplish FAR more. The palestinians are their own worst enemy. FYI, who are they killing at the moment? Each other. But I suppose that's also Israels fault?
ah-ha... and would you keep your pacifism if your loved one died in your arms?
If I were Palestinian, I would be wondering why all the neighboring Arab states have, for nearly a century, denied aid to the Palestinians and shunned them as a people. Rather than supply aid and support, Hezbollah and similar organizations use them as pawns against Israel. I agree - Palestinians are in a miserable, tragic situation. But it's far too convenient to pile all the blame on Israel. And again - I'll ask you - why is it that Israel gets all the blame? Why is Israel demonized all over the world? Nothing to do with anti-semitism?
No your right. I would find a crowded marketplace kill as many other loved-ones as I could. It's not pacifism, it's an aversion to murder.
Show me clearly where, at this place, at this time, "Israel gets ALL the blame".
You keep repeating that. That does not make it true.
EVERYONE in the Mid-East(and everyone outside the Mid-East defending their oil interests) is GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY!
Now, what can we do about it?
You keep repeating that. That does not make it true.
I find myself using that phrase a lot.
Sleepy,
Israel does not equal Jews.
Does criticizing the Burmese junta mean that I hate Burmese people?
"You keep repeating that. That does not make it true."
That's a rather flippant response to a serious debate. I don't see how it applies any more strongly to my statements than it does to yours.
My point, which you're avoiding, is that Israel gets an inordinate amount of negative attention. You don't find that curious? That you repeatedly make anti-Israeli comments on any post even remotely related to Israel? Why is that? You don't seem to have as much of a zealous hatred for other countries.
There is no world-wide hatred of the Burmese. Millions of people do not march in the streets chanting "Death to Burma." You're missing the point.
People are free to criticize Israel. Obviously. My point is that it is interesting that of all the countries in the world, Israel gets such a huge portion of the hatred and criticism. Why is that? Israel may not get all the blame, but ask 100 people, "Who is to blame for the Palestinians' miserable situation?" - 99 out of 100 will say "Israel." But if you "do your homework", as someone suggested I do earlier, you discover that the Arab countries and the Palestinians' own leaders deserve a lion's share for the current disaster. And yet, Israel must die. Israel must die. Why?
@#17
So what would you do if you were born into a town where people fired rockets at you just because you live on the other side of the tracks?
The disagreement is a hundred years old; I guess then Jordan doesn't have a right to exist either, it also being part of the same mandate, and a former property of the Ottoman empire. The current Territories were offered to the Arabs living there, and the Arab League, 99% of whom I'm sure were not 'native' to Palestine (which, by the way always had a substantial Jewish population who lived in Jerusalem because they were not, as usual, allowed to own land) said no, and the rest of the world moved on, and several wars later, the Palestinians are still being used as a tool by Arab supremacists to rule the entire land. #20 is right on the money; Lebanon keeps Palestinians in camps and doesn't let them work, Syria kicked them out, Kuwait shipped them out too when Hussein and Arafat hooked up; the Palestinian's 'fellow people' sold them out and crammed them into the Territories to exacerbate the problem and make Israel look like problem.
Yo, I DID my homework. And btw Takuan, just because big media sometimes lies, doesn't mean that everyone else is telling the truth.
Sleepy; provide a list of those "anti-Israeli" comments would you? It shouldn't take you long if there are in fact so many. I'd do it myself, but I can't find any.
Re: doing something about the problem; how about mitigating the mess in Gaza? Maybe some electricity?
Israelis, Palestinians, a plague on both their houses. You can't make a simple criticism of either side without being accused of ignoring the crimes of the other. That corner of the world is a goddamn mess of just and unjust causes, indiscriminate murder and desperate rationalisations.
Using less oil will contribute to saving lives in the Mid-East.
There. A contribution.
Israelis: Bulldoze houses
Palestinians: Kill civilians
BoingBoing readers: "Both Israelis and Palestinians are equally morally reprehensible"
To be fair, there are a few people in the "anti-anti-Israel" camp too; it just seems that the pattern is to usually see things in an anti-Israeli light.
again? list please.
My point, which you're avoiding, is that Israel gets an inordinate amount of negative attention.
Odd. I hear rants about Arabs and Muslims constantly. In fact, the US media is full of commentary that Muslims are all crazy and should be nuked. Have you failed to notice how many articles BoingBoing has done about repression in Egypt? China? I certainly hear far more criticism of the US than I hear criticism of Israel, which is probably appropriate given that we make our mistakes on such a grand scale. 1,000,000 Iraqis dead so far. Yay, democracy!
Do you think that I support the government of Syria or Saudi Arabia? I've spent a long night in an Egyptian internment facility with a rifle to my head. I know what the other countries over there are like. What you're really saying is that nobody is ever allowed to criticize Israel. Sorry, but it's not going to happen.
OK, a list; this is from the comments to this entry, because I'm too lazy to look elsewhere:
#5, #6, #9 ("I would, however, hope that civilians who were shot by soldiers would get equal billing with the ones who were blown up. It's terrorism either way."), #17
I'll grant that the anti-anti-Israel response in this particular entry has perhaps been a bit excessive.
these are patently true statements. When you say "anti-Israel" I assumed you meant "lies"
Are unpleasant truths to be forbidden?