iraq suicide attack pillow project: a memorial. 2007 & ongoing...
one suicide bomber,
in a car, 7 victims.
this project is partially funded through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and a CAAP grant from Chicago's Dept of Cultural Affairs.
this is an ongoing project. i am machine embroidering and sewing a pillow for every suicide attack in iraq since the US invasion on March 20, 2003.
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each pillow is about 6.5" x 6.5" x 2.5" the lace makes them as big as about 10" x "10 x 2.5"
one suicide bomber, in a SUV, 25 victims.
pillows with more than 25 victims have medium sized white lace around them.
one suicide bomber, in a truck, 10 victims.
pillows with more than 10 victims have small sized white lace around them.
five suicide bombers, in five cars, 74 victims.
pillows with more than 50 victims have large sized white lace around them.
two suicide bombers, with explosive vests, 117 victims.
pillows with more than 100 victims have small, medium and large sized white lace around them.
one suicide bomber, with an explosive belt, 0 victims.
pillows where the attacker failed to kill anyone but himself have black lace around them.
the back side of each pillow is embroidered with the date that the suicide attack took place and what was targeted.
other examples of suicide attack pillows:
-backpack bombs.
-boats, used to attack an ocean oil terminal.
-dump trucks.
-oil tanker.
my timeline for making these pillows:
-july 23 - started thinking and making sketches about this project.
-july 29 - made first pillow.
-august 2 - 5 pillows done. 3/20/03-4/19/03, 5 attacks, 6 suicide bombers, 32 victims.
-august 10 - 31 pillows done. 3/20/03-1/31/04, 31 attacks, 43 suicide bombers, 340 victims.
-august 22 - 69 pillows done. 3/20/03-9/17/04, 69 attacks, 95 suicide bombers, 1,166 victims.
-september 1 - 104 pillows done. 3/20/03-10/23/04, 104 attacks, 139 suicide bombers, 1,407 victims.
-november 9 - 147 pillows done. 3/20/03-12/28/04, 147 attacks, 191 suicide bombers, 1,748 victims.
-december 14 - 197 pillows done. 3/20/03-1/30/05, 197 attacks, 243 suicide bombers, 2,001 victims.
-january 8 - 258 pillows done. 3/20/03-4/22/05, 258 attacks, 313 suicide bombers, 2,516 victims.
-january 20 - 344 pillows done. 3/20/03-6/26/05, 344 attacks, 410 suicide bombers, 3,241 victims.
-february 2 - 461 pillows done. 3/20/03-10/27/05, 461 attacks, 538 suicide bombers, 4,425 victims.
-february 18 - 596 pillows done. 3/20/03-7/11/06, 596 attacks, 687 suicide bombers, 5,889 victims.
-march 15 - 811 pillows done. 3/20/03-2/13/07, 811 attacks, 924 suicide bombers, 7,757 victims.
-may 5 - 1,076 pillows done. 3/20/03-8/14/07, 1,076 attacks, 1,234 suicide bombers, 10,882 victims.
