Love-ego=LOV Sculpture (Garden)
public art sculpture by Pasha Radetzki in Union Square Park in Manhattan
May 5th - November 5th 2024; with activation performances and public programming throughout the exhibition
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Love-ego=LOV Sculpture (Garden) is an interactive public art site composed of a large-scale outdoor sculpture, experimental garden initiative and participatory performance series.
VIDEO introducing the LOV Sculpture project.
Inspired by the principles of reciprocity and elemental math equations, the LOV Sculpture features a free-standing sculptural composition in Union Square Park which articulates a newly created word - LOV - the neologism with its specific meaning of egoless love and pronunciation, /lɔv/.
A miniature art garden titled ‘Three Sisters-Americas' is built-in into its structure hosting the endangered medicinal plants native to Americas.
The site also features participatory performance series and public programming related to the themes of: Unity On Union Square; Mir: Peace In All Languages and LOV In All Colors.
The LOV Sculpture is awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts fiscal sponsorship and relies on tax-deductible donations.
Please contribute > HERE < if inclined to do so.
The work is created in partnership with NYC Parks and Union Square Partnership who emphasized its public significance by allocating it a prominent exhibiting site between the Abraham Lincoln statue and the U.S. Independence Monument and an extended six months exhibition time.
The related performance series was awarded a Creative Engagement grant from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2023 supported by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council (information below).
The LOV Sculpture is conceived to articulate the notions of egoless love, unity and interdependence of human lives placed within the context of contemporary volatile social and ecological conditions. Its timing and content aim to counterbalance the divisive rhetoric of the presidential elections campaigns by sharing some thought-provoking alternatives and unexpected observations.
A select group of affordable LOV Sculpture artworks are available for sale HERE to support this public work.
I accept commissions for sculpture (outdoor, garden, small scale), paintings, drawings and performances at: pashara[at]gmail[dot]com
You can also take a look at my awards-winning outdoor sculptures accomplished in Brazil here
Pls., sign up for announcements at pashara[at]gmail[dot]com and follow me on social media @ra_detzki and @LOVsculpture
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Recent work that is also part of Love-ego=LOV series.
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Unity On Union Square: Love-e=LOV
Public art performance with live sound and temporary installation
Federal Plaza and Union Square Park in Manhattan; October 2023
Conceived by Pasha Radetzki, presented in collaboration with Amit Sahu.
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Comprising original musical compositions, performance art and temporary sculptural installation, the Unity On Union Square live art presentations engage the public with the themes of peace, unity and urban and natural regeneration.
The Federal Plaza performances are conceived as the urban field artworks where the topics of local water source, peace and egoless LOV coalesce to reflect on the storied history of the Collect Pond, one of the city’s original fresh water sources, its decline and current conditions.
The Union Square Park’s performance is devised as a community celebration of the neighborhood and its vitality as the place where all people naturally come together. It juxtaposes the themes of social harmony and unending wars, which are often inflicted by monocultural/militant aspects of widely accepted patriarchal ideologies.
Unity On Union Square received a Creative Engagement Grant from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in 2023.
It is part of Radetzki's on-going art initiative titled Love-ego=LOV which includes public art sculpture in the Union Square Park, an exhibition and a book publication.
Pls., note that video documentation with sound will be uploaded here soon. For excerpts, refer to > @ra_detzki
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