Bilal came to international acclaim in 2007 with Domestic Tension, also known as Shoot an Iraqi, in which he turned a room in the now-defunct Flatfile Galleries (Chicago) into a domestic space. He lived there for a month while virtual visitors could log onto a website to remotely shoot a paintball gun at him, and in-person visitors would bring him food and keep him company. This project marked a turning point in his work toward direct interaction with his audience using performance, new media, and the internet. Soon after Domestic Tension, Bilal moved to New York to accept a position at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he continues to teach in the Department of Photography and Imaging. We discussed the boundary between his personal narrative and his art, the central place audience interaction and the body hold for him, dynamic encounters, and how his work is changing directions once again.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:11:44 +0000
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