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Hundreds Of Volunteers Activate JR Art Installation In NYC (Iranian activist Nika Shakarami)
https://untappedcities.com/2022/12/06/eyes-on-iran-nyc/Hundreds Of Volunteers Activate JR Art Installation In NYC
Nicole Saraniero
JR Art For Eyes On Iran At Four Freedoms Park
Over the weekend, more than 300 volunteers headed to Roosevelt Island to become part of a large-scale art installation by international artist JR. The volunteers gathered to form the image of flowing hair at a larger-than-life portrait of sixteen-year-old Iranian activist Nika Shakarami. Shakarami was killed during protests in Iran in September. JR’s installation is part of Eyes on Iran, a series of works at Four Freedoms Park meant to draw attention to the upcoming vote to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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Nicole Saraniero
JR Art For Eyes On Iran At Four Freedoms Park
Over the weekend, more than 300 volunteers headed to Roosevelt Island to become part of a large-scale art installation by international artist JR. The volunteers gathered to form the image of flowing hair at a larger-than-life portrait of sixteen-year-old Iranian activist Nika Shakarami. Shakarami was killed during protests in Iran in September. JR’s installation is part of Eyes on Iran, a series of works at Four Freedoms Park meant to draw attention to the upcoming vote to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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