\u2018Word on the Street: Love Not Hatred,\u2019 a collaboration between artist Amy Khoshbin and poet Anne Carson, opened November 7, 2017 \u2013 Election Day. It is the second Broadway Billboard to be presented in response to Socrates\u2019 inaugural competition for billboard proposals.<\/p>\n
This Broadway Billboard installment is part of Khoshbin\u2019s ongoing series, \u2018Word on the Street,\u2019 an all-female public art initiative in collaboration with public art producer, House of Trees. The Word on the Street series facilitates the creation and presentation of poetic banners by acclaimed writers and visual artists who, through the public use of visual text, can speak directly to the urgent, timeless concerns of the individual, the community, and citizenship. Launched in response to the 2016 election, Khoshbin originally created banners from slogans Carson wrote responding to the political landscape, which have appeared in a variety of forums, from major marches across Washington D.C. to the Whitney Houston Biennial.<\/p>\n
Located at Socrates Sculpture Park, \u2018Word on the Street: Love Not Hatred,\u2019 celebrates the inclusive ethos of the Park, as well as its roots in community organizing. The billboard captures the handcrafted feel and felt texture of do-it-yourself protest signs, highlighting the intersection of craft and resistance movements.<\/p>\n
The employed text features Classics scholar Anne Carson\u2019s translation of a line in Sophocles\u2019 \u2018Antigone,\u2019 a tragedy that explores the rule of law, familial duty, and civil disobedience. The passage is Antigone\u2019s response to Creon, King of Thebes, who forbids her from giving her deceased brother, whom he considers a traitor, a proper burial. Many interpret Antigone as a figure of moral righteousness and a fearless defender of individual rights in the face of authoritative oppression, speaking truth to power.<\/p>\n
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