ALL PROJECTS / 2013
...and Counting
2013
Wafaa Bilal Studio, New York, NY
Processing (Java), data visualization, tattoo layout generation, geographic casualty mapping
"...and Counting" by Wafaa Bilal
"Artist Tattoos Indelible Iraq Memorial Into His Skin" by Lara Pellegrinelli for NPR
"105,000 Tattoos: Iraqi Artist Wafaa Bilal Turns His Own Body into a Canvas to Commemorate Dead Iraqis & Americans" for Democracy Now!
"...and Counting" for We Make Money Not Art
"105,000 Dots for Iraq, and Counting" by Ali Adeeb for The New York Times City Room
"Tattooing One Dot for Every Casualty during Operation Iraqi Freedom" for information aesthetics
"One Tattoo for Every Casualty of Operation Iraqi Freedom" by Patrick James for GOOD
Visualization system for Wafaa Bilal’s memorial tattoo performance, mapping Iraq War casualties as red and ultraviolet dots across a borderless map of Iraq.
The software translated casualty data into the layout for Bilal’s full-back tattoo: visible red dots for US soldiers and invisible UV dots for Iraqi civilians, supporting a 24-hour performance that made the imbalance of public mourning physically legible.