ELAINE GAN

THE MADNESS OF GEORGE, 2007-8

A performative intervention: Two equestrians in historic/futuristic military uniforms circle a 300-year-old iron fence that surrounds Bowling Green, Manhattan's first public park. One equestrian paces clockwise inside the fence; another paces counter-clockwise outside. They circle without pause.

The intervention recalls the park's first monument: an equestrian statue of George III that was torn down in a collective act of defiance against British colonial rule when the U.S. Declaration of Independence was read in 1776.

Performed at Bowling Green Park, NYC; Supported by LMCC Grants for Art in Public Spaces and Puffin Foundation

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