Wafaa Bilal (bbc)
Technology video camera or cell phone has not been enough to record a unique and memorable events for Wafaa Bilal.
Iraqi man who is also professor of photography at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, wants to record the life of the two sides at once. And, came the idea absurd, the camera attaches to the skull.
Cameras mounted using titanium plates in back of his head. That way, he can record video images in real time everything around him.
The camera is attached via the surgery in December 2010, was able to take a photo per minute. The same camera also doubles as a GPS tracking through each step.
According to Wafaa, this he did for his love of art. All drawings will be used as a contemporary art program at the Museum of Arts Doha, Qatar.
Although acknowledged mounting operation in a body piercing salon is very painful, Wafaa glad to record his daily life. The man who fled the country in 1991 had a horrible experience trying dikenangnya.
"When you consider the events that occurred in the town of Najaf when a bomb filled us save ourselves, I really wanted to record it," he said as quoted by BBC News. "There are many things that other people think weird and unattractive, but collectively they form a pretty good mosaic of everyday life."
After the 'organ' new installed, Wafaa must make various adjustments in everyday life. While bathing, Wafaa should cover her head with a transparent cap or older to undergo security checks at the airport. The boyfriend did not mind the odd behavior and did not impose a curfew for the camera in the head Wafaa.
Beginning in 2010, the artist is also tattooed his body with an image map of Iraq, complete with the location of casualties of Iraqis and U.S. soldiers. The camera on his head, according to Wafaa, is a small project in the future.
However, these artists move stalled after more than a month carrying out its mission. Her body rejected the device. On February 3, 2011, doctors performed surgery removing the camera because it raises the risk of infection. According to doctors, the installation is causing disruption and pain despite treatment with antibiotics and steroids.
Wafaa not give up, through his blog he said it would soon use the camera again soon after recovery. But this time it will hang a camera strapped around his neck to keep recording images.
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