HOLLOW BULLETS

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Hollow Bullets (Edgren, Francis, Vermorel) Vocalist, Hanna Edgren Sequencing, effects and music, Barry Francis Engineer, Adam Pedsne Unreleased Factory product Animation and artwork, Fred Vermorel Video, Fred Vermorel, 2010 After assassinating John Lennon, Mark Chapman claimed, "Most of me didn't want to do it, but a little of me did. I couldn't help myself." Asked why he had used hollow bullets he replied, "To insure Lennon's death." "The fan as stalker comments on the society of the spectacle in a disturbing performative criticism. While celebrities enter your home through the television, the fan returns the favour as a stalker. If the star demands attention, then the stalking fan demands attention and demands a response." - Craig Saper, Craig Saper, "Intimate Bureaucracies & Infrastructuralism", Postmodern Culture, 1997 "We must go further than assassinating celebrities. We must assassinate celebrity itself!" - The French situationist, Guy Debord, on hearing of John Lennon's assassination.

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Fans, fanatic, stalker, assassin, John Lennon, celebrity culture, mania, Fred Vermorel, Hanna Edgren, Barry Francis, Bono, U2, Bob Geldof, Angelina Jolie, celebritariat, fanifesto, celebricide

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