Each of these colorations of the same print contains an illustration of a phoenix,
the mythological, almost immortal firebird known to have been reborn of the ashes from which it burned.
Each Three Dimensional image embedded within these prints represents
a different traditional mechanism of American warfare.
The goal of these stereograms was to combine 3D modeling, stereoscopic principles
and digital printing technologies to comment on the sometimes surreal serenity of daily american life
that is all too often underscored by our military presence in wars around the world.
The ornate phoenix also evokes the rise and fall of human societies,
as in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Hopefully, as in the book,
humankind will remember the mistakes of its past,
celebrate culture and exalt collective conscience over individual importance.
below is the hidden grenade that appears in the above print:
The M61 grenade (shown below in context courtesy of the Department of Defense)
is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the US Armed Forces in the Vietnam war.
The M61 has a thin sheet steel wall enclosing a notched steel coil and explosive core.
When the grenade explodes, the coil shatters into high-velocity shrapnel
that can cause casualties up to 15 meters away. Its design has been widely copied
by various nations eg Britain's L2A2, South Africa's M26, Portugal's M312, and the Israeli M26A2.
It is sometimes referred to as a "lemon" grenade,
because its explosive shell is shaped like a lemon fruit.
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