Your presence is humbly requested to protest the wanton waste and corrosive policies of major corporations.
On April 22nd, NYC-based artist Chin Chih Yang will realize an independent interactive performance between 5pm and 8pm. The performance will take place in the Times Square area, where tons of aluminum cans can be consumed daily. Not institutionally backed in any way, the project is not commercial and has no foundational affiliations. Supported only by the artist and friends, the performance will reflect not only the dangers of using potentially toxic products, such as aluminum cans, but will underscore the role of individual agency in challenging the environmental damage caused by corporate-driven culture.
Wearing thousands of strips cut from aluminum cans, the artist will construct an aluminum tree adorned with small projectors and LED lights. In an effort to creatively reconfigure the waste major corporations inflict on us and the environment, this interactive protest continues Yang’s advocacy for art in public spaces. Having enacted such mobile performances as projecting a giant Taiwanese flag onto the UN building, and transforming Union Square Park into the site of an interactive protest against global warming, Yang communicates an anti-consumerist message by way of an event.
Multidisciplinary artist Chin Chih Yang was born in Taiwan, and has resided for many years in New York City. Finding the modern world both disturbing and entrancing, his work aims to capture the complex state of anxiety and compulsive-fascination specific to the contemplation of contemporary social problems. His interests in ecology and constructed environments have resulted in interactive performances and installations that have been exhibited both locally and internationally.
LISTINGS:
What: An Interactive Protest against Corporate Waste
When: April 22, 5pm – 8pm
Where: Time Square Starting at 6th Avenue and 41nd Street, moving into environing areas.
Transportation: F, D, B, Q, and R train to Bryant Park
Contact: Chinchihyang@gmail.co
