Rick Myers: A Bullet for Bunuel

British-born artist Rick Myers'' (born 1974) A Bullet for Buñuel has taken many formsa video work, a multiple, a performative lectureall of which are represented in this publication. Myers'' writing, research, correspondence and photographs are also included in the book, a singular meditation on the poetics of failure.

"A Bullet for Buänuel: Fragments of a Failed Bullet documents Rick Myers'' attempt to complete a project begun by the late filmmaker Luis Buänuel: to create a bullet possessing such a weak charge that it would simply bounce off the filmmaker''s shirt when fired at him. Consulting with the estate and sources ranging from online forums for bullet makers to a ballistics lab associated with the United States Secret Service, Myers sought to make the bullet and fire it at a shirt that had been worn by Buänuel. While trying to bring this absurdist endeavor to completion, the artist was met with a colorful cast of characters and failures at almost every turn"--Publisher website, accessed May 3, 2017.

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