CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/11/2015

Walid Raad

"Like many around me in Beirut in the late 1970s, I collected bullets and shrapnel," Walid Raad is quoted in MoMA's new exhibition catalogue. "I would run out to the streets after a night or day of shelling to remove them from walls, cars and trees. I kept detailed notes of where I found every bullet and photographed the sites of my findings, covering the holes with dots that corresponded to the bullet’s diameter and the mesmerizing hues I found on bullets’ tips. It took me ten years to realize that ammunition manufacturers follow distinct color codes to mark and identify their cartridges and shells." Featured image is The Atlas Group's Let's be honest, the weather helped (1998/2006).