On 14th St
As the Human Talking & Listening Machine on 14thStreet, I engaged passersby to speak their minds about segregation, discrimination, relatives in jail, and daily life experiences. People had a lot to say, sometime as simple as “I’ve lost my keys” or “We got a new puppy.”
Heads and faces painted in red on a black Duvetyn created the small stage.
Collaborator Nicky Draven was there in solitary confinement in a high gray box looking through a small window with bars, and Gavin Brown acted as front man and carried the sign. Free prison bars were there for the taking.
This sidewalk offering was part of the yearly river to river event by Art in Odd Places, 2019.
