AK-47 vs. M16, 2015
The Propeller Group
Photo: Courtesy the artists | James Cohan Gallery, 2015
Photo: Courtesy the artists | James Cohan Gallery, 2015
Collection
Fragments of AK-47 and M16 bullets, ballistics gel, custom vitrine, single-channel video on monitor (color, silent)
1 min 21 sec (video)
18 x 43 x 18.5 cm (ballistics gel block)
The Propeller Group is a multidisciplinary, multi-platform art collective based in Ho Chi Minh City and Los Angeles. Together, artists Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Phunam and Matt Lucero create ambitious projects that cross the boundaries of visual art, advertising and film. Named after the most famous Russian and American rifle. AK-47 vs. The M16, respectively, consists of a transparent ballistic gel block, where you see how two bullets shot from the rifles collided and fused, a crash at once frightening and spectacular. The accompanying video shows the collation at high speed.
Phu Nam: *1974 in Saigon, Vietnam
Matt Lucero: *1976 in Upland, USA
Tuan Andrew Nguyen: *1976 in Saigon, Vietnam
1 min 21 sec (video)
18 x 43 x 18.5 cm (ballistics gel block)
The Propeller Group is a multidisciplinary, multi-platform art collective based in Ho Chi Minh City and Los Angeles. Together, artists Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Phunam and Matt Lucero create ambitious projects that cross the boundaries of visual art, advertising and film. Named after the most famous Russian and American rifle. AK-47 vs. The M16, respectively, consists of a transparent ballistic gel block, where you see how two bullets shot from the rifles collided and fused, a crash at once frightening and spectacular. The accompanying video shows the collation at high speed.
Phu Nam: *1974 in Saigon, Vietnam
Matt Lucero: *1976 in Upland, USA
Tuan Andrew Nguyen: *1976 in Saigon, Vietnam