On Election Day — The Artist Project for Insight, Action & Change, in affiliation with The Project Room, present Great American Voices, a free and open event calling upon the people of New York City, including artists, performers, writers, activists, and citizens to join us in reading aloud those most vital and historic poems, writings and speeches that have inspired and illuminated the fundamental principles of our American Democracy.
In conjunction with Creative Time and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Freedom of Expression National Monument, a public artwork by architect Laurie Hawkinson, performer John Malpede, and visual artist Erika Rothenberg, The Artist Project will utilize this enormous red megaphone, currently located in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan.
Through our voices, The Artist Project aims to resound such historic works like The Declaration of Independence, Walt Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Paine, Chief Seattle, among many, many more, as a reminder that the beauty of our First Amendment is not merely a freedom to express many things, but a right to express those essential truths which cannot be silenced.
Participants are welcomed to bring their own selected material based on the merit and vision to uphold America’s stride for justice, peace, and equality.