OPEN CEREMONY : RITE OF RECLAMATION : MINE (NOT YOURS)
by Legacy Russell
Challenging notions of ownership and provenance, and acknowledging clashes of space and territory as part of the rich history of the East Village and the Lower East Side, the Rite of Reclamation is a call to action and an act of solidarity wherein residents and the artist alike processed the ever-evolving history of two neighborhoods in flux.