Performative installation on view from 10 AM, September 7, 2017
at Garibaldi Plaza in Washington Square Park, NYC
"It’s my first political performance and I just felt I had to do it now. I wanted to show that any wall is dismantleable. We, the public, can tear down walls when society gets together. It could be a mental, physical, or political wall—the point is, it’s ephemeral."
– Bosco Sodi
SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 7, 2017
9 AM – 10 AM: Artist and team to install Muro
10 AM – 3 PM: Muro on view for public to viewing
2:30 – 3:30 PM: Inauguration with opening statements by:
Bosco Sodi
Nick Olney on behalf of Paul Kasmin Gallery
Bitta Mostofi, Acting Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Edwin Torres, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs
Diego Gómez Pickering, Consul General of Mexico in New York City
3 – 8 PM: Artist to instigate the removal of Muro. Team to distribute each timber to a member of the public. Participants will own Muro collectively.