Point & Shoot

Nov 2005

Point & Shoot is an attachment for a gun which captures an image of the target and person firing the gun each time the trigger is pulled. This project constructs an objective history of violence, recording not only the more dire uses of a weapon but also the most banal. It enables us to answer the question "What really happened?" and leaves us free to ask "What does it mean?" A working prototype of the camera attachment was developed and exhibited. Visitors to the exhibition could use the prototype, and the results are documented in a book that looks at how we use weapons and the emotional connections between the target and shooter.