Youtube Video- The Paint Ball Project Day 12

Bilal introduces day twelve by saying thins are going well at the gallery but he is suffering a little bit from lack of sleep. He said this was nothing, at that time he had about two hours sleep. He mentions that his energy was good and that friends had visited him, brining company and food

He mentions some people didn't understand or believe the gun was there, so he gives amore extended demonstration of it in action. He shows a close up of the gun, then uses his camera to show the view from the gun. He then closes into the gun, which is tracking from side o side. In then closes on the solenoid which eventually pulls the trigger of the gun firing it.

He closes that section of the days blog by mentioning how the gun sounds louder in the relative silence of the gallery at 4 am compared to the more muted effect at 4 pm when the gallery is busy. He signs off saying his energy feels great but to keep participating by sending email, and support.

When he returns he mentions that some people had complained that no paint was coming out of the gun. Bilal interpreted this to be because is was hard to see individual shots of yellow paint on yellow paint. He used a squeegee to clean the paint from a plexiglas screen then set it up with himself and his documentary camera behind the screen ,. Few seconds later, there is a loud crack as the paint ball gun fires and a splatter of yellow pint blossoms on the other side of the Plexigas. "Beautiful marks that come from a violent act, which is sad" said Bilal. Bilal predicts that more shots will fly at him. He mentions that he is glad the gun mechanism was designed to only pan but not tilt. He then looks over the screen and we watch as the gun tracks jerkily from side to side. Bilal comments that the sudden right/ left movements are due to people fighting for control of the gun. He says that it becomes obsessive to watch the movement of the gun.

He signs off for the day, saying it is "unwise" of him to stand unprotected in front of the gun but he knows how to protect himself by following the pan line of the gun..as he is speaking he frequently glances in the direction of the gun. With a "Good bye for now" the video ends

Bilal frequently mentions energy. Perhaps another way to express this is morale or esprit. I suspect that I will be able to link this use of the term "energy" as Bilal uses it to to the term "biopower" as arises in Foucault and is in turn used by Hardt & Negri.