As some of you may know yesterday a bust of Edward Snowden appeared about the Fort Greene area in Brooklyn. This morning it was removed by new york city's parks officials but was replaced instead by the same group that during Occupy Wallstreet used projectors to send out their messages.
From the New York Times:
The four-foot-high bust installed in the park on Monday was the work of a sculptor and other artists who spent most of a year creating it, according to an account by Bucky Turco, published online at AnimalNewYork.com. The article reported that the bust was made of hydrocal, a plasterlike substance. To mimic the existing sculptures in the park, Mr. Snowden’s name was affixed to the bottom of the column. Everything was attached with an adhesive that was intended to permit removal without damage to the existing structure.
The Snowden bust looked like a typical city parks monument.
Public art in New York City is selected through an arduous series of review that begins at the community board level and includes a citywide commission. Whatever sneaking regard officials might have had for the audacity, execution and subject of the guerrilla art, protocol ensured its quick removal.
Thankfully the activists decided that Snowden's message can not be denied.