Youtube Video- The Paint Ball Project The Last Day...and the Gun is Silent

The final day of the project, and the video begins with the steady rhythm of the gun firing like a clock. Bilal is typing at his computer, and we can see the gun in the mid ground and a photographer in the fore ground. This video is unusual because Bilal is not holding the camera. He says "17 seconds" then leaves the computer and crouches under the guns arc of fire and makes his way to the back of the gun. Others count down with him. The gun fires a few more round, then Bilal pulls the plug, and declares "the gun is silent!".

Bilal stands up right to receive applause, and thanks those there and others. he asks if anyone is outside. He says the project was a tribute to all the Iraqi citizens and all the American soldiers who lost their lives. "We have silenced one gun today, and in the future we hope to silence all the guns" The camera pans across a small crowd of supporters and journalists who applaud him

The video cuts to bilal with his usual greeting of "Hey everybody is Wafaa". in the background their are sounds of  a party. Behind him is the yellow wall with he paint covered plywood panels. "He says' The confinement is over" and thanks his audience for "keeping the hope alive" and talking and interacting with him. He walks outside. He passes through party goers"hey it's a great crowd "wow, I promise you I wont cry as he steps outside the gallery after thirty one days inside. "It's great to be alive. It's fantastic to think and reflect."

"Please keep the conversation going" saying the piece was an open narrative. He thanks the virtual human shield, all the participants and standing in the gallery parking lot, signs off the last video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDZM4AooEv0