#WeAreAllRikers You are invited to tune in today, September 12th, at noon ET / 9am PT as Johnny Perez, Director of NRCAT’s U.S. Prisons Program, joins artist Jesse Krimes and advocates from around the country to draw attention to government inaction for those living and working in jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic specifically and the era of mass incarceration more generally. The live webcast will also present the Rikers Quilt, a 20’ x 24’ mobile installation with 3,650 panels cut from prison bedsheets and representing each day over the next 10 years, after which Mayor DeBlasio projects Rikers Prison to finally close. We are glad to collaborate with MoMA PS1, Jesse Krimes, and advocates in CA, CT, GA, LA, MA, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA for today’s events. Tune in via Instagram Live at https://www.instagram.com/momaps1 or watch on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IFBDA5AqRwOU8LfjvpjAlw About the Rikers Quilt:
The Rikers Quilt is a monumental mobile art installation created by artist Jesse Krimes as a way to contemplate the devastating costs of waiting another decade to close Rikers Island, and the impact of positioning punishment and enforcement as a first-response to social problems. The 20’ by 34’ quilt is comprised of 3,650 prison bedsheet squares—one for each day of harm inflicted over ten years. The quilt’s interior features images of wounds and abuse inflicted by police, correctional officers, and others on Rikers Island. Representational and abstract imagery on the quilt’s surface includes idealized renderings of the new jails. The bedsheets produced by incarcerated labor reference enduring enslavement and the function of hiding and covering incarcerated bodies. |
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