Thousands will be Loved

Love A Commuter Project Press Release, February 14, 2003

February 14th, 2003 Valentines Day, all day throughout the New York City subway system. The Love a Commuter Project - Thousands Will Be Loved We've all heard about the singles who congregate in the front car of the subway in search of love and we know what an emotional roller-coaster of a year it's been for commuters within the 5 boroughs. At last the artists turned commuter lovers for a day are back again with The Love a Commuter Project 2003. Thousands of unsuspecting commuters will find themselves loved at various subway stations throughout New York City on Valentines Day, 2003.

For the third annual Love a Commuter Project artists will distribute tokens of love and proffer Valentines Day performances on the New York City Subway system. Led by multi-disciplinary artists María Alós and Nicolás Dumit Estévez, artists will surprise Valentines Day commuters with actions and gifts that evoke the true spirit of love in New York - the love of strangers in close confines, love in the subway. Highlights will include Nicolás Dumit Estévez descending blind folded into the 110th and Lexington station distributing roses at 5 pm, Lulu LoLo and her 214 Fans of Love at Union Square at 10 am, Love Tattoos by Jillian McDonald at Grand Central Station from 2 - 6 pm and Love Bandages in Flushing Queens Main Street Station by the No. 7 line from 5 -7 pm by Rebecca Hermann. Look for love at your nearest subway station. Commuter Lovers may be identified by the armbands that Nancy Hwang has created for the project.

This project is presented in conjunction with El Museo del Barrio, NYC. For more information about this year's project or previous years please visit The Love A Commuter Project Website or email commuter_lovers@hotmail.com or call Deborah Cullen, Curator, El Museo del Barrio, 212-831-7272 ext. 122.