I might die before I get a rifle, 2004/2018

The Atlas Group (1989-2004)

 

Title: I might die before I get a rifle
Attributed date: 2004
Attributed to: Hannah Mrad
Production date: 2018

In 1991, and after 14 years in the Lebanese Communist Party, Hannah Mrad was recruited into the Lebanese Army’s Ammunition and Explosives division. Months into his new assignment, he found himself unable to remember the names of the thousands of explosive devices he was meant to master. He began to photograph them, to enlarge them, hoping that his human-sized photographs would aid his memory. They didn’t and he was let go.

I might die before I get a rifle, Ammo I, 2018, Pigmented inkjet print, 160 x 212 cm
I might die before I get a rifle, Pbombs&Exp., 2018, Pigmented inkjet print, 160 x 212 cm
I might die before I get a rifle, Chemical I, 2018, Pigmented inkjet print, 160 x 212 cm
I might die before I get a rifle, Device VII, 2018, Pigmented inkjet print, 160 x 212 cm
I might die before I get a rifle, Device VIII, 2018, Pigmented inkjet print, 160 x 212 cm
I might die before I get a rifle, Plastic I, 2018, Pigmented inkjet print, 160 x 212 cm

I might die before I get a rifle, 2018, 6 pigmented inkjet prints, 160 x 212 cm each