In partnership with the artist Joe Reginella, known as “The Banksy of Monuments“, I Am Your Protector provokes a new vision of who should get placed on pedestals with an exhibition of five life-size monuments. The monuments represent 5 protector stories that have brought people together across lines of perceived divide (religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.). The art installation, which will travel across the country to different cities in the United States, is debuting in New York City’s Union Square Thursday September 30th, featuring monuments of:
- A Syrian refugee who saved a drowning man from freezing water in Amsterdam
- A 24-year-old Muslim student who led efforts to distribute free clean drinking water in Flint Michigan
- A New Yorker who saved a man who fell on the train tracks
- The Jewish security patrol who protected London Mosques against anti-muslim hate crimes
- An undocumented Mexican immigrant who saved a 6-year-old from being abducted.
- An empty pedestal for the public to stand, take photos, and tell protector stories from personal, family, or community experiences.
