Thousands will be Loved

Love A Commuter Project Schedule, February 14, 2003

Station/Time Artist Project

Subway: 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue 6 Train

Time: 9 am

María Alós Love Chain

Subway: 110th St. and Lexington Ave.

Time: 5:00 pm

Nicolás Dumit Estévez

Love is Blind

Nicolás Dumit Estévez will descend the subway station at 110 St. and Lexington Avenue, dressed in white and accompanied by an assistant who, upon reaching the platform, will blind fold him with a silk ribbon bearing the word Love sprinkled in red glitter. He will carry an exquisitely elaborate red flower arrangement from which he will detach one flower at a time and offer it to hurried commuters. He is interested in literally staging a cliché and presenting it for examination and experimenting with vulnerability and trust.

Subway: Flushing-Main Street Subway Station on the No. 7 Line.

Time: Evening Rush Hour, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Rebecca Herman

Amorgesia

Amorgesia bandages are designed to soothe pain by their comforting method of contact with the user. The bandages will distributed by the artist to commuters at the Main Street Station on the 7 line in Flushing, Queens, who face some of New York City's longest and most painful commutes. The Amorgesia bandages will be decorated individually in the folk art spirit of homemade valentines, and be applied directly to the skin or to clothing. Although the product is in fact a placebo, the gesture of giving out Valentine-bandages-rather than actual pharmaceuticals-is in itself conceived to provide relief.

Subway: 14th Street-Union Square Subway Line upper passageway to the L-Line near the 4, 5, & 6 lines

Time: 10:00 am

The Fabulous LuLu LoLo

Fanning the Flame of love on the L Line

Lulu LoLo will be offering the subway commuters red paper heart-shaped fans with Valentine greetings on both sides and an image of LuLu LoLo. The art of LuLu LoLo is stage, cast and backdrop all in one, wearing the mini-installation of her signature headpiece she becomes sculpture in transit, a street procession, a float in a parade--an ongoing interactive festival of life and art.

Subway: Grand Central Station (Times Square Station as backup)

Time: 2:00- 6:00 pm

Jillian Mcdonald

Love Tattoo

Tattooing is a self-conscious and deliberate means of marking the skin. For TLACP Mcdonald will establish an extremely portable tattoo parlour / kiosk using not needles, but rather gentle pressure and water, to apply a 'LOVE' brand to subway passengers according to their taste (in terms of location on the body). Although this mark doesn't penetrate and is only temporary, it is hoped that the fading and eventually phantom trace will serve as a reminder of the intimate experience with a stranger.

Subway: Broadway/Lafayette F/S/V station

Time: Morning Rush Hour

Margarita Aguilar, Angela García, Ruth Guerrero and Luis Martin

Wear Your Heart Out

Luis Martin, Ruth Guerrero and, Angela García, outfitted by Margarita Aguilar, will distribute Valentine's tokens, enticing commuters to "wear their hearts out."

All projects Nancy Hwang Armbands wore by commuter lovers At all the stations on the map marked with a heart .

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