After throwing down artistically in the People’s Climate March and Flood Wall Street, I and Artur from Tools For Action were invited to NYU to attend the class Andy from The Yes Men was teaching. It was great to share with the class our experiences from the builds for both events but also the possibilities…
The Carbon Bubble is similar to a giant 15-foot black-and-silver sphere that was pushed over the streets and traffic of New York for the Flood Wall Street sit-in. The inflatable sculpture’s target was the Bull of Wall Street. The symbolism for the Carbon Bubble is similar to that of the Economic Bubble and Housing Bubble.…
Mayday was a three-story building in Brooklyn, New York designated as the art hub for The People’s Climate March in 2014. I had the pleasure of running 10 different art spaces out of Mayday via a scheduling website I designed for this momentous event. Word got to Uprose and NYC Environmental Justice Alliance that my…
Inflatable sculptures were not an artistic medium that was familiar to me however it was one that held great interest in terms of its storytelling capabilities. Bouncing around New York building and deploying these large sculptures with Tools For Action was an amazing opportunity to build friendships and learn this discipline during the lead-up to…