STATEMENT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE THROUGH ART CONFRONT
ART IS LAUNCHING ITS SEE
INJUSTICE EXHIBIT TODAY HERE IN
NEW YORK CITY'S UNION SQUARE.
THE SERIES WILL
FEATURE 3 10 FEET TALL WOODEN
SCULPTURES OF FORMER U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE AND ACTIVIST
JOHN LEWIS BREONNA TAYLOR AND
GEORGE FLOYD WHO OF COURSE BOTH
DIED BY THE HANDS
OF POLICE.
>> THE INSULATION WAS INSPIRED
BY THE SOCIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS
OF 2020 WITH THE GOAL OF
HONORING THE MEMORY OF
EACH PERSON. JOINING US NOW IS
TERRENCE FLOYD ACTIVISTS AND
BROTHER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND
ARTIST CHRIS CARNABUCI WHO
CREATED THE PIECES GENTLEMAN
WELCOME SUCH A PLEASURE TO TALK
TO YOU. THE UNVEILING OF THE
EXHIBIT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
CHRIS WELL AS THE RESPONSE FROM
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
>> I THINK FOR THE MOST PART IT
WAS QUITE THE IDEA FOR ME WAS
DEEMED TOO. CREATOR
AND ATMOSPHERE.
>> SOCIAL AND CIVIL DISCOURSE
THAT WE CAN SORT OF UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER AND THEY BE.
>> YOU KNOW HAVE DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT OUR DIFFERENCES AND I
THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD A
LOT YESTERDAY.
>> I LOVE THAT TERRENCE YOU AND
THE FAMILIES OF BREONNA TAYLOR
AND JOHN LEWIS WORKED VERY
CLOSELY WITH CONFRONT OUR TO
BRING
THIS TOGETHER WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO
HAVE PIECES OF ART HONORING
YOUR BROTHER.
>> WELL WHEN IT WHEN IT WAS
DEFINITELY SAW TO CHANGE THE
CHANGE THAT WAS GOING TO
SQUEEZE COMING IN
WAS HERE AND IT IS WAS PEOPLE
WITH PEOPLE'S MINDSETS AND
I DO. THE ACTUAL SITUATION THAT
WOULD DOWN WITH MY BROTHER AND
WE OUGHT TO DO SO I REALLY
IT REALLY BUT WHAT ABOUT
CHANGING PEOPLE'S MINDSETS AND
I'M REALLY WAS APPRECIATE IT.
>> THESE CASES ARE ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL CHRIS YOU ARE KNOWN
FOR MAKING AND CREATING THESE
ELABORATE SCULPTURES CAN YOU
TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PROCESS
THIS TIME AROUND.
>> SURE WELL IN TERMS
OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF THE
PIECES THAT STARTS WITH US
3 D MODEL IN A SORT OF
DECONSTRUCTED AND MODEL SPACE
AND
I CREATE THESE THAT I THEN SENT
TO MY CNC MACHINE WHICH IS THAT
ROBOTIC GROUND.
AND ALL THE INDIVIDUAL
LAYERS AND TAKE THEM OFF SAND
AND GLUE THEM UP INTO BLOCKS
AND WITH ANY LUCK.
COME UP WITH A SCULPTURAL
RENDITION OF THAT
ORIGINAL MEETING AND IN THIS
HANDED ANOTHER STEP IN WHICH IS
I'M PUTTING A METALLIC BRONZE
TO THE PIECES JUST TO GIVE IT A
LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE.
>> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL TERRENCE CONFRONT ART
IS KNOWN FOR MERGING ART AND OF
COURSE SPOKEN WORD WITH
AWARENESS WISE ART IN YOUR
OPINION SUCH A GREAT WAY TO
EXPLORE INJUSTICE THAT WE SEE
IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> ME
BEING ME BEING FROM A FAMILY A
FOUNDATION IS MUSIC WHICH
IS ART. I REALLY LOOK AT ART IS
A WAY
TO EXPRESS. YOUR YOUR YOUR
FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS, YOU
THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHEN WE WHEN
WE TO LEAD READ ON THIS
PROJECT WE CONFRONT ART AND
CHRIS
WE'LL FLOYD BASICALLY
LOOKED AT THIS ART AS BEING AS
COLD
AS BEING THE EXPRESSION OF
HEALING AND UNITY. SO YES, ART.
TO ME IN MY MY
ART IT WHOSE LOVE OR EQUALS
UNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER TO EXPRESS AND FULL.
>> CHRIS CAN YOU TALK TO US
ABOUT THE NAME OF THE EXHIBIT
SEE INJUSTICE AND THE MEANING
BEHIND IT.
>> WELL
BACK LAST SUMMER AND GEORGE
FLOYD WAS KILLED. AND THE WORLD
STOOD STOOD STILL AND. WE
WERE ALSO DIDN'T CONSUME WITH
THIS STORY. MY WIFE TURNED TO
ME AND SAID YOU NEED TO DO A
SCULPTURE GEORGE FLOYD AND I I
DID SO TO SORT OF CAPTURE
THAT MOMENT. TO CAPTURE A
MOMENT IN TIME AND THEN I DID
WANT TO BE HONEST AND BLUNT AND
JOHN AND THE SENATE.
THE 3 ALL HAVE ONE THING IN
COMMON IS THAT
THEY SAW INJUSTICE AND I THINK
THAT THAT IS TRUE FOR THEM OF
COURSE,
BUT IT'S 2 FOR THE VIEWER WHO
SAYS YOU KNOW I'M SERVING THESE
SCULPTURES THEY CAN SEE WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT. IT'S IT'S REALLY
ABOUT KEEPING THAT UP THAT THAT
RIGHT IT IS SO MUCH
GLOBAL AWARENESS. AT THE TIME
THAT THIS THAT I WANTED TO SORT
OF KEEP IT
YOU KNOW. IN IN FRONT OF BY
EVERYONE THAT'S WHAT I HOPE TO
ACHIEVE WITH THIS.
>> WE'LL TURN SINCE YOUR
BROTHER'S DEATH. I DON'T HAVE
TO TELL YOU THERE'S BEEN A
RACIAL A WEAKENING IN OUR
COUNTRY HOW CAN WE AS A SOCIETY
CONTINUE TO DEMAND MORE DEMAND
CHANGE.
>> JUST WANT EVERYONE TO
CONTINUE THAT FIGHT CONTINUED
TO DESIRE.
FOR CHANGE. YOU CONTINUING THE
CHANGING OF I SAID FOR
GET LIKE YOU KNOW
THE ICE CRUST LIKE NOT 11
SHOWED BILL EVER
GONE TO ALL THESE OTHER ONLY
OTHER
TIME WHERE SLOW WILL SHOW ITS
SUPPORT WAS ONLY THE FIRST
BEGINNING AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE SITUATION.
>> AND THEN WHEN EVERYTHING
DIED DOWN YOU GOT QUITE I DON'T
WANT TO BUY TO BE QUIET ABOUT
THIS.
>> I WOULD
NEVER BE ARE YOU STREET AND WE
HAVE THE FIRE DESIRE HAVE
THESE CHANGES. LET'S KEEP IT
GOING KEEP GOING DON'T JUST
STAY WELL. AND
STAY AWARE. AND THAT'S THAT'S
THAT'S MY THAT'S WHAT I WANT
PEOPLE
TO DO.
>> SO WELL SAID WE APPRECIATE
YOU GUYS ON THE SHOW THANK YOU
SO MUCH GENTLEMEN, TERRENCE
FLOYD ACTIVISTS AND BROTHER OF