#Weapons

Armament is a theme park attraction where states display the flashiest toys of war, boasting of triggers that only they can pull. They claim to ensure safety, yet flood neighboring countries with ornamental cannons that disturb even distant villagers' sleep. The true enemy is the insecurity and vanity that weapons themselves engender, and every treaty is but a sleight of hand to conceal that reality. As the count of armaments grows, someone’s future is inexorably chipped away. The spectacle of gear meant to prevent war thriving like a stage set awaiting conflict is a modern tragicomedy.

Chemical weapons are the apogee of civilization’s claim to progress, distilled into the crudest form of massdeath. Born in sterile labs, these molecules pose the primal question of human morality on the battlefield. They mock international law by hiding boundless cruelty behind a gas mask. A merciless mirror that silently exposes the conspiracy between scientists and politicians dancing on the edge of ethical oblivion.