ESL HOMEWORK II

Find 3 words you did not know and write down the definitions
invasion- s instance invading a country or region with an armed force.
refugee- a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape.
interrogated- ask questions of someone, closely.

Who is this artist? Where is he from?
The artist named Wafaa Bilal. He is form Iraq.


What happened to his brother?
His brother died from war, because the American shoot him.
Describe one of his art projects.
His project is called ..and counting, it’s made from tattoo. The project is about the five thousand red doit for the died American solider and hundred doit represent the Iraqi.

Describe what happened to him in Iraq and why he had to flee.
the last trouble he got into the regime of Saddam, it was 1991. At that year, in the fall of that year, the regime came to schools to ask us to volunteer to go to Kuwait and fight. I was one of the students who was. But he was the one, and with other people, who stood and said “No, I don’t believe this. I am not going to volunteer.” And I know, from that moment, I was blacklisted and I had to be on the run.

6. Describe how he mixes art and technology to make his art. He had build a robot and it represent the war. He has build stuff with art like video game and some paint

And at the one end of the room, he moved his bed, his desk. And then, at the other end of the room, he build a robot that has a paintball gun. And the robot could be controlled over the internet by people. And he stripped all the information out of the internet, and the idea here, he didn't want to right away engage people in a political dialogue, which could alienate them, when they know this is about Iraq, they just like "Alright, we don't want to engage" So he stripped it. And he started the idea of this is just a silly game. A guy locking himself in a room. Who doesn't want to shoot? and you could shoot him from anywhere in the world.

He learned about a video game in 2005 called "The night of bush capturing". And apparently, that video game was released by ai-Qaeda. and in the game, it's a first shooter. In the fame, you shoot Americans, and at the end you are face-to-face with President Bush, and you shoot him, you kill hm or could kill you.