The Love a Commuter Project
february 14, 2001: KEEP YOUR HEARTS OPEN
This coming Valentine’s Day The Love a Commuter Project promises to love thousands of New York City subway commuters. The Love a Commuter Project" is a site-specific intervention launched by artists Nicolás Dumit Estévez and María Alós on February 14, 2001 at the Grand Central Terminal and Times Square subway stations in New York City. Over six hundred and fifty tokens of affection, consisting of "I Love You" notes and 'heart-flowers’ were distributed by the artists free-of-charge to those traveling during the holiday. This ephemeral piece allowed subway riders to share a quick moment of intimacy with the performers in a space deemed as functional and impersonal. This year the reach of The Love a Commuter Project will expand. For additional information about The Love a Commuter Project or to find out about the subway station near you where you can be loved, please contact us/
february 14, 2002: HUNDREDS WERE LOVED / This past Valentine's Day Nicolás Dumit Estévez and María Alós loved over 500 New York City subway commuters
This coming Valentine's Day, with your help, the artists will expand the reach of The Love a Commuter Project to other additional subway stations. For this purpose, they would like to invite you to propose an intervention or action of your own to be developed and performed at a site of your choice. A ‘How to Love a Commuter’ training session will be facilitated prior to the program. All of the interventions will be documented by video, slides or photographs. Please keep in mind that because of its interactive nature and the day selected for its presentation, this project will most likely comment on the City's current state of affairs. Remember also that the interventions will take place in a space of endless opportunities for social and cultural convergence.
This 2002 chapter of this project was partially supported by Artists Space's Independent Project Grants Program
february 14, 2003: all day throughout the New York City subway system /The Love a Commuter Project - Thousands Will Be Loved
We've all heard about the singles who congregate in the front car of the subway in search of love and we know what an emotional roller-coaster of a year it's been for commuters within the 5 boroughs. At last the artists turned commuter lovers for a day are back again with The Love a Commuter Project 2003. Thousands of unsuspecting commuters will find themselves loved at various subway stations throughout New York City on Valentine’s Day, 2003. For the third annual Love a Commuter Project, artists will distribute tokens of love and activate Valentine’s Day performances in the New York City Subway system. Led by multi-disciplinary artists María Alós and Nicolás Dumit Estévez, other participating artists will surprise Valentine’s Day commuters with actions and gifts that evoke the true spirit of love in New York. Highlights will include Nicolás Dumit Estévez descending blindfolded into the 110th and Lexington station distributing roses at 5 pm, Lulu LoLo and her 214 Fans of Love at Union Square at 10 am, Love Tattoos by Jillian McDonald at Grand Central Station from 2-6 pm and Love Bandages in Flushing Queens Main Street Station by the No. 7 line from 5 -7 pm by Rebecca Hermann. Look for love at your nearest subway station. Commuter Lovers may be identified by the armbands that Nancy Whang has created for the project
The 2003 version of this project is presented conjunction with El Museo del Barrio’s Biennial
Given the considerable amount of materials that we are processing, this specific part of the archive is in progress. If you were one of the artists who participated, please contact Nicolás Dumit Estévez by clicking HERE, with information regarding your project or with any files pertaining to images images that we might be missing here. Thank you.
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