The audio recording was a major component of the Guilty Pleasures instillation. Juxtaposed against television shows, silly drawings, quotes of friends as they enjoy their lives, and the details of my overconsumption, was first hand accounts of US soldiers after they returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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An edited version of Winter Soldier March 13 - 16 2008 was played and looped back every few hours:

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US Veterans, Active-Duty Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan Testify About the Horrors of War

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Veterans gathered in Maryland to testify at Winter Soldier, an eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War, the event was modeled after the historic 1971 Winter Soldier hearings held during the Vietnam War.

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