Early this morning, a mysterious statue of Edward Snowden appeared in Union Square Park in New York City, opposite the Abraham Lincoln Statue.
The mystery of the statue has been solved. It is an art piece by Delaware-based artist Jim Dessicino.
The art piece is being shown as part of the festival Art In Odd Places, which celebrates art by (as the name suggests) placing it all over the city in odd places. The festival itself, which is running from yesterday through Sunday, is on 14th Street from the Hudson River to Avenue C. The theme of the festival is “Free.”
Dessicino made the Snowden sculpture last year while he was studying at the University of Delaware as a graduate student. Dessicino started constructing the sculpture in September 2013, just months after Snowden famously leaked secrets from the NSA to journalist Glenn Greenwald. Dessicino says that as soon as the Snowden leaks came out, he knew he wanted to make an art piece about it.
“What he did is possibly the most significant act of anyone from my generation,” Dessicino told Business Insider. “He put truth over the rule of law and committed a huge self-sacrifice.
When asked whether he sees Snowden as a patriot or a traitor, he dismissed the question as “irrelevant,” because the act “was bigger than him.”
Jim, what have you been up to?
Jim, what have you been up to?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jim, what have you been up to?
It looks like its about to fall over forward.
yrs,
rubato
yrs,
rubato
Re: Jim, what have you been up to?
also appears to be a bit of pocket pool going on
Re: Jim, what have you been up to?
He's a computer geek. He is probably reaching for his joystick.
Re: Jim, what have you been up to?
ah, scratching his hard drive
Re: Jim, what have you been up to?
And of course, a traitor and a coward...He's a computer geek.
ETA:
I saw where The Traitor Snowden was being considered in some ignorant circles as a serious contender for the Nobel Peace Prize...
Nice to to see he didn't get that, but if Shorty decides to revive some version of Hero Of The Soviet Union he should win easily....
Re: Jim, what have you been up to?
I think that if he had stayed in the usa that may have been true. or even if he ran to france...
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Going to see this Jim?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”