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Miami artist drives illegal immigration video sculpture to both Presidential Conventions

{See link for video of car} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrjIvpHbnc


August 21, 2008
Contact:
Steven Gagnon, Visual Artist
305 528 6405
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Miami Artist Drives Illegal Immigration Video Sculpture to Presidential Conventions

Miami Beach, FL, August 21, 2008 - Miami-based artist, Steven Gagnon is driving his video installation, the „Border Cruiser“ to Denver and Minneapolis to present at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to bring attention to the plight of undocumented immigrants.

The „Border Cruiser“ is a video installation in a former police car. Projected from inside onto the rear windows of the vehicle is a Brazilian immigrant who tells his ordeal of how he entered the United States illegally and the difficulties he faces once he is in the country. The video sculpture is the fourth project in an ever expanding body of work and marks the first that maintains the full functionality of the automobile while the videos are playing. The work’s intent is to heighten public awareness of the dangers and hardships that immigrants face who enter the country illegally to find work.

The project was well received during the international art events of ArtBasel Miami Beach and FotoFest. The work was presented at Fountain Miami and Bridge Miami satellite art fairs as well as driving on the streets of Miami Beach and Miami to various evening events and parties during the ArtBasel week. Earlier this Spring, The Art Car Museum in Houston presented the project for city's Fotofest photo and video art biennial.

Gagnon’s work has been written up in the Wall Street Journal, published in Harper’s Magazine, appeared on billboards around the country, and exhibited internationally in numerous art fairs, museums, and galleries over the last decade. His artwork is in public and corporate collections, including: the Federal Reserve Board; the Art Museum of South Texas; and American Bank, as well as, in private collections including: Parisian art collector, Jean Cherqui; and author, Andrew Tobias.

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For more information please contact the artist Steven Gagnon via e-mail: steven@stevengagnon.comThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or by phone: 305 528 6405.

Democratic National Convention

Exhibition:
Buffalo Exchange in the Capital Hill District
230 East 13th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203

Duration:
August 25th thru 28th, 2008
Monday to Thursday,
Patrolling nightly from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.


Republic National Convention

Exhibition: InterMedia Arts, The Unconvention Headquarters
www.theunconvention.com
2822 Lyndale Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Duration:
August 31st thru September 4th, 2008
Sunday to Thursday,
Patrolling nightly from 7 p.m. to 12

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Hey buddy here's common sense for you, if you want to avoid

dangers and hardships that immigrants face who enter the country illegally to find work.

then don't come here illegally. The US is NOT the boarding house of the world, the "we are citizens of the world" refugee camp or otherwise, this is a soverign country ruled by laws, not men! No amount of heightening public awareness is going to change anything to the fact that you are using art to pull at the heart strings. Poor you!

Did you check out the youtube video? someone must be bankrolling this "artist"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrjIvpHbnc

Originally Posted by alamb

Hey buddy here's common sense for you, if you want to avoid

dangers and hardships that immigrants face who enter the country illegally to find work.

then don't come here illegally. The US is NOT the boarding house of the world, the "we are citizens of the world" refugee camp or otherwise, this is a soverign country ruled by laws, not men! No amount of heightening public awareness is going to change anything to the fact that you are using art to pull at the heart strings. Poor you!

Well said . Now since we have laws and rules . Can't we now Hang the Traitors ?

Artists are wild radical leftists anyway. You should see what their extremist social messages are in fine arts colleges. Most people know this.

This Brazilian in the video -- what a cry baby! From what I have read Brazil is having a booming economy, so go home! Brazil totally independent of relying on foreign oil--we are not--but this artist is planning on driving this anti-American citizen video to the conventions. What a waste of precious oil and gas.