|Practical case|
AMERICA’S FINEST – LYNN HERSHMAN
1993-1994 • INTERACTIVE RIFLE, M16 RIFLE, CUSTOM SCOPE, SOFTWARE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
A Cameragun designed to expose the horrors of this century perpetrated by weapons and translated into memory through media. Viewers squeeze the trigger to have their own image inserted into the viewfinder as they hear the screams and shots as they convert from viewer to victim.
Treatments/actions (in collaboration with Mirco Frass, Daniel Heiss and Matthieu Vlaminck):
. Artwork conveyor in Lehmbruckmuseum, Duisburg
. Artwork conveyor in Deichtorhallen Hamburg
. Set up and dismantling of the artwork
. Error research
. Repair (wire soldering and protection)
. Installation documentation
. Documentation of the interactivity
. Video documentation
. Artist interview
. Condition report and conservation treatment proposal
. Conservation of the historical example (spares, maintenance, repair, backup etc.)
. Creation of an updated version for loan purposes with 3D printed gunsight