prayer flags (for peace)
prayer flags (for peace) (March 15 - 24, 2006)
112 West 44th Street
  Marking the third anniversary of the official declaration of the War on Iraq, artist Vennila nr Kain sets up a delicate network of crisscrossed prayer flags similar to the Tibetan prayers flags strung over sacred spaces. In this case, the artist uses weathered images of fallen soldiers as her prayer flags so that their lives (and death) may bring about the possibility of peace over land. Spread amidst these flags are four numerals corresponding to the current American death toll in Iraq. The floor is littered with shredded pure white paper symbolizing the silent and unknown numbers of Iraqi men, women & children and other incidental human cost of war such as contractors and security guards many of whom are hired from third world nations of this world. Reception: March 17.
  This window installation is a part of the ongoing "Send A Salami To Your Boy In The Army" series of peace art created by the artist.
www.sendasalami.com
www.vennila.net
previous installation at 135 W.42nd Street
112 West 44th Street
  Marking the third anniversary of the official declaration of the War on Iraq, artist Vennila nr Kain sets up a delicate network of crisscrossed prayer flags similar to the Tibetan prayers flags strung over sacred spaces. In this case, the artist uses weathered images of fallen soldiers as her prayer flags so that their lives (and death) may bring about the possibility of peace over land. Spread amidst these flags are four numerals corresponding to the current American death toll in Iraq. The floor is littered with shredded pure white paper symbolizing the silent and unknown numbers of Iraqi men, women & children and other incidental human cost of war such as contractors and security guards many of whom are hired from third world nations of this world. Reception: March 17.
  This window installation is a part of the ongoing "Send A Salami To Your Boy In The Army" series of peace art created by the artist.
www.sendasalami.com
www.vennila.net
previous installation at 135 W.42nd Street
