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Drum sticks are seen amongst debris after performers rehearsed "Never in Our Image" - ACT III of the Gun Transformation Opera, at the Source Theater in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2023. The opera creates music using guns that were destroyed and melted down during the first two acts. In the capital of the United States, an opera of a new kind is held: in a dark atmosphere, opera singers improvise surrounded by dancers and musicians playing atypical instruments, made from firearms. There is no symphony orchestra here: for this third and last act of the opera "Never in Our Image," designed by artist Stephanie Mercedes, the notes come straight out of metal calligraphy, gongs or bells, produced from revolvers, pistols, or assault rifles. Mercedes, a Latin American LGBT+ artist, began working with guns after the 2016 Orlando shooting, which left 49 people dead at a gay nightclub in the southern city, the worst homophobic mass shooting in US history. Obtenez des photos d'actualité haute résolution de qualité sur getty