The Giant Hands are returning to Central Park over Labor Day Weekend - September 5, 6 and 7 2020, noon to 7 pm.
Come hold a Giant Hand over the Bow Bridge or fly it as a kite in Central Park.
I work in the park without permission and the Park authorities have interacted with me several times over taking down the installations.
I know you all love the Giant Hands and for most of you they represent the beauty and innocence of art which we need more than ever in our lives.
Amidst all the awful news around us, all of the deaths and destruction of lives - the Giant Hands represent all of us, they represent the struggles of Black Lives Matter, the struggles of all peoples of color, immigrants and the underprivileged, the right of all people to live free of pain and the right of all people to have beauty in their lives.
The mission of art and the Giant Hands is to continue to breathe color and beauty in our lives.
Giant Hands are not sanctioned by the Central park authorities and i often need to violate Central park rules to create. I work with the sense and purpose in a mission to enhance people’s lives with minimal destruction and intrusion.
I never destroy property and vegetation, the Giant Hands are designed to be light and with minimal effect on the environment. I have decided to collect trash from the areas I work in as a gesture of good will and peace offering to the Central Park authorities.
The Giant Hands are always draped and never fastened to trees or bridges, they are light paper objects with very minimal intrusion on their surrounding.
in light with the latest word from Central Park Conservancy - where I was asked and later threatened with a ticket and harassed multiple times by Park Authorities to take down the installation - I am asking for volunteers to hold the hands for a few minutes at a time. A symbolic gesture of peaceful resistance, the transformation of the Giant Hands from simply an installation - into a collective performance art work.
If you a free Labor Day Weekend even for a few minutes -
