Day 6 begins with Bilal describing it as an amazing and violent day. He mentions that there had been a lot of news coverage. He also mentioned that he was happy because a dialogue had begun to start.
He emphasises that he had to fix the gun, but as a result the velocity of the paintballs was increased, causing more damage. He walks around the space, pointing out damage to the walls, the shattered plexiglas shields and the destroyed table lamp. From the beginning, he apologises for donning goggles.
He expresses his pleasure at the increasing dialogue between people. He describes it as a critical time to stop military aggression in Iraq. "A short but busy day" is how he describes the day, with visitors and media stopping by. " The media are part of the community" is how he describes them, and says it is not the exposure that he is happy about. He mentions that the site had been receiving hits from all over the world, and thanks everyone for their participation. He especially thanks those who take control of the gun and turn it away from him, thus keeping him safe for a moment. He describes this as an "amazing dialogue between violence and non- violence"1.
As Bilal winds up the blog video, he mentions he will be conducting his classes final critique in the gallery. He also mentions how the server had crashed due to the demand from the many people visiting the site, but that the server speed would be increased the next day. He encouraged people to try and log on if they couldn't.
He thanks Dan Miller fro coming into the gallery to help.
He mentions a couple of times that the energy in the gallery is fantastic, but he is tired.
One point to note is this video seems to have been transposed with day five in Bilal's original postings. In other words, he got his titles mixed up. Was this a reflection of his increasing fatigue?
Is the internet, and the virtual interface of games and screens, a frame for empire or a window for the multitude?
Youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/v/MOb6JQ3y76Y posted May 12, 2007, retrieved 7th June, 2010
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