Artist opens 'Christ Killa' exhibit
Invites audience to shoot hordes of 'homicidal Jesus' figures
Posted: April 14, 2007

Image from "Christ Killa' exhibitA Los Angeles artist opened an exhibit this week called "Christ Killa" in which the audience is invited to participate in a video game and shoot hordes of "homicidal Jesus Christs."

Digital and video artist Eric Medine describes his work – a video game linked to projectors and TV monitors – as the "ultimate arbitration between politics and Christianity," notes bloggers Sondra K and Michelle Malkin.

The game landscape "is filled with Googled images of Christian propaganda posters, religious shrines such as St. Peter's in Rome, and clichéd representations of Christ who constantly mumbles messages of tolerance and compassion," says a news release.

"The audience is invited to participate in the carnage by playing the video game and watching short videos of the game in action." the rest