Iraq Spin

Iraq Spin displays media quotes from the run- up to the Iraq War, using a system of gears.

Sound bites led many Americans to falsely believe that the US was in danger of a nuclear attack from Iraq, and that war with Iraq was unavoidable. The war was sold to Americans as bringing Freedom to Iraq, (position 5 of the sculpture). Reversed the piece shows an Iraqi viewpoint: Fallujah the site of some the worst suffering during the war.

Kinetic sculpture wood and plastic, 6″ h x 12″w x 2″d.

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“We don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud,” Condaleeza Rice, September, 8 2002, CNN.
“…Relief that the long buildup to war with Iraq has ended…” from NYT summary of article, “Wait over Americans Voice a Mix of Relief and…
“ Will of the World”, Jonathan Schell, The Nation, March 10, 2003. Title of article describing world-wide anti-war protests held on Feb. 15, 2003.
“The nation marches as if in a trance to war,” from “An Open Letter to Members of Congress,” The Nation, Oct. 14, 2002.
REAR (FALLUJAH)
FRONT (FREEDOM)

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