XBox controller cast in lead and copper to protest use of game gear in war

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From the exhibition’s blurb:

—objects in the exhibition challenge visitors to consider the consequences of commingling war and games. The centerpiece of the show is Rachel Berger’s Bullet I, an Xbox controller cast in lead and copper. “The military is cynically repurposing a popular toy on behalf of the American war machine,” says Berger. “I wanted to create an object that would embody the weight of war.” Berger initially chose to work with lead because it is one of the heaviest common metals. Berger’s controller weighs six pounds, 10 times the weight of the original controller. Lead is also highly toxic. Its use in many commercial applications has been banned, but it remains a popular means of producing homemade bullets.

Whether that idea gets across in the execution is as always in the eye of the beholder.