Posted on 07/07/2017 9:52:10 AM PDT by simpson96
There’s no denying the first half of 2017 would have been very different had Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. In her current St. Louis gallery exhibition, artist Bunny Burson remembers the future that very nearly was, creating an artwork using the iridescent confetti that was primed to go off on election night this past November 8, had the country elected its first woman president.
A longtime Clinton devotee, Burson was the executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities under President Bill Clinton’s administration. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, she hopes her art will help motivate women to run for office in 2018.
“I was among her supporters at the Javits Center waiting for the symbolic shattering of the glass ceiling and the shard like confetti to fall down on us. We left the Javits Center at 2 in the morning with profound emptiness,” Burson told NBC. The unused confetti had to be removed from the air cannons and swept into empty boxes by workers.
“I wanted to fill that emptiness with hope by giving voice to my feelings that even in defeat, Hillary’s confetti could be used to inspire the next generations of little girls and young women to dream big and to act on their dreams,” she added.
Tracking down the unused confetti was no easy task. Burson made calls to Arkansas, Boston, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, and Washington, DC. Though many warned her the confetti she sought had likely wound up in the trash, Burson’s quest was ultimately successful.
After about two weeks of searching, she tracked down the confetti in Chicago and was able to acquire several large boxes of it—200 pounds, to be exact—for her work.
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Lol
It’s fun to think of hearing that song, accompanied by pics of sobbing HRC supporters on election night.
Can that confetti be made into a snow globe with the tears of liberals? Give it a shake every day.
They should have just put Hillary through a wood chipper, and used the resultant confetti for the art piece, and save the good stuff for a special occasion.
LMAO
Omg, That was inspired.
It’s still garbage.
I think so... And a flash mob of Trump voters could play the tune on their smart phones, put their dancing shoes on, get happy feet and sing along loudly. Beat the them at their own game.
Just sayin’.
It should have included the VICTORY FIREWORKS! he he
After about two weeks of searching, she tracked down the confetti in Chicago and was able to acquire several large boxes of it—200 pounds, to be exact—for her work. Did it have a CERTIFICATE OF Authenticity? he he
LMAO!
“AND STILL I RISE”.... wasn’t that a quote of Bill “the rapist” ?
Can you make one that says, “And Still I Dick Bimbos” for bill? ;)
LMAO I have to wipe off my keyboard now... (lesson: don’t have a drink while reading threads like this, I almost choked hehe)
May I respectfully suggest the confetti be repurposed by grinding it up and making toilet paper ? For once in her life the Hill will have been useful to society.
Oh I’m sure she was “under Bill Clinton.”
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