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Maya Escobar

Conceptual Identity Artist

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together we hope

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcwPoFPdeVM]The polling lines were LONG in STL, I waited over 4 hrs to vote!  But it was well worth it, I have never been more proud to be an american and to take part in such an important moment in history.The night of the elections, Carianne and I initiated our project together we hope with the help of our friend Becky Potts.  We passed out red tyvek tags and asked people to write down their hopes for the future. We tried to encourage them to go beyond "I hope Obama wins" or I hope McCain wins".People wrote things ranging from "I hope I get good grades" to "I hope that we end the war in Iraq and do not go to war win Iran."Check out this website we created where you can submit your hopes online. We will make a tag for each hope submitted...i hope to make the world a better place

tags: activism, american, carianne noga, change, community, elections, ethel sherman, flash paint program, hope, identity, intervention, lattice, Lewis Center, missouri, obama, participatory art, peace, post office, public art, rebecca potts, sculpture, st- louis, ucity, unite, university city, wash u city hall, Washington University in St- Louis, website, wustl, youth
categories: Art, Maya Escobar, Performance, political, psychogeography
Saturday 11.08.08
Posted by maya escobar