The Love a Commuter Project

Thousands will be Loved

Notes from the 2003 project "Code Red" - Nicolás Dumit Estévez' account of his performance under the watchful eyes of the NYPD.

2003 Love A Commuter Project Schedule

2003 Love A Commuter Project Press Release

The Love a Commuter Project 2001 "The Love a Commuter Project" is a site-specific intervention launched by María Alós and Nicolás Dumit Estévez on Valentine's Day, 2001 at the Grand Central Terminal and Times Square subway stations in New York City. That day 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 artists in a space deemed as "public," a site predominantly functional and impersonal.

2002 Last year the reach of the "Love a Commuter Project" expanded and 19 artists were selected through an open call to perform an intervention of their own. The sites for these pieces included subway stations in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan. 2003 This coming Valentine's Day "The Love a Commuter Project" will be presented as part of "The S-Files/The Selected Files" at El Museo del Barrio. For this reason "The S-Files" artists as well as participants from 2002 have been invited to submit proposals for interventions.

The 2003 subway stations will include the 103rd St. and Lexington # 6 station and the 110th St. and Lenox # 2 and 3 station For additional information and to learn about "The Love a Commuter 2002" video screening please visit www.elmuseo.org "The S-Files" is an exhibition co-curated by Deborah Cullen, curator, El Museo del Barrio and Victoria Noorthoorn, curator, Museo de arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires-Colección Constantini (MALBA). The exhibition will be on view from October 24, 2002-February 16, 2003. El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029 212-831-7272

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 at commuter_lovers@hotmail.com

A video documentation of 2001's The Love a Commuter Project can be seen at www.bkyn.com

See a list of the 2002 projects and artists here.

Nicolás Dumit Estévez and María Alós are two New York City-based interdisciplinary artists who have collaborated to create site-specific interventions involving an audience. In 2001 they launched The Love a Commuter Project at the Grand Central and Times Square subway stations. They have also developed two interventions for the P.S.1/Clocktower Gallery's Lecture Lounge vol. 01 and 02. In 2002 they opened "The Passerby Museum" in Times Square as part of Windows on 42nd Street, an exhibition organized by Chashama and at Church Street in Lower Manhattan as part of "Looking In," a storefront exhibition organized by the Lower Manhattan Community Council.

Associate Project Coordinator Esa Nickle


	Thousands will be Loved Notes from the 2003 project "Code Red" - Nicolás Dumit Estévez' account of his performance under the watchful eyes of the NYPD. 2003 Love A Commuter Project Schedule 2003 Love A Commuter Project Press Release The Love a Commuter Project 2001 "The Love a Commuter Project" is a site-specific intervention launched by María Alós and Nicolás Dumit Estévez on Valentine's Day, 2001 at the Grand Central Terminal and Times Square subway stations in New York City. That day 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 artists in a space deemed as "public," a site predominantly functional and impersonal. 2002 Last year the reach of the "Love a Commuter Project" expanded and 19 artists were selected through an open call to perform an intervention of their own. The sites for these pieces included subway stations in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan. 2003 This coming Valentine's Day "The Love a Commuter Project" will be presented as part of "The S-Files/The Selected Files" at El Museo del Barrio. For this reason "The S-Files" artists as well as participants from 2002 have been invited to submit proposals for interventions. The 2003 subway stations will include the 103rd St. and Lexington # 6 station and the 110th St. and Lenox # 2 and 3 station For additional information and to learn about "The Love a Commuter 2002" video screening please visit www.elmuseo.org "The S-Files" is an exhibition co-curated by Deborah Cullen, curator, El Museo del Barrio and Victoria Noorthoorn, curator, Museo de arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires-Colección Constantini (MALBA). The exhibition will be on view from October 24, 2002-February 16, 2003. El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029 212-831-7272 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 at commuter_lovers@hotmail.com A video documentation of 2001's The Love a Commuter Project can be seen at www.bkyn.com See a list of the 2002 projects and artists here. Nicolás Dumit Estévez and María Alós are two New York City-based interdisciplinary artists who have collaborated to create site-specific interventions involving an audience. In 2001 they launched The Love a Commuter Project at the Grand Central and Times Square subway stations. They have also developed two interventions for the P.S.1/Clocktower Gallery's Lecture Lounge vol. 01 and 02. In 2002 they opened "The Passerby Museum" in Times Square as part of Windows on 42nd Street, an exhibition organized by Chashama and at Church Street in Lower Manhattan as part of "Looking In," a storefront exhibition organized by the Lower Manhattan Community Council. Associate Project Coordinator Esa Nickle