Silent Agitator

Silent Agitator is a sculpture by Ruth Ewan. It is currently on display on Calton Hill, Edinburgh.[1] Based on work by Ralph Chaplin, the art installation features a clock and the text "time to organize" below.[2] The work was inspired by an illustration for the Industrial Workers of the World with the text, "What time is it? Time to organize!"[3]

Industrial Workers of the World Silent agitators
Silent Agitator
The sculpture along the High Line in February 2020
ArtistRuth Ewan
LocationNew York City (April 2019 – March 2020)

The sculpture was installed along Manhattan's High Line,[4][5] in the U.S. state of New York, from April 2019 to March 2020.[6][7] In May 2019, Bloomberg's James Tarmy included Silent Agitator in his list of "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That’s Not the Vessel)".[8] Inspired by the sculpture, Ewan, the Brooklyn's Women's Chorus, the New York City Labor Chorus, and other performers sang "odes to organized labor" on the High Line at 14th Street, in October 2019.[9]

References
  1. [https://www.collective-edinburgh.art/programme/ruth-ewan-silent-agitator Collective Art
  2. "Aberdeen artist amazed to have work displayed in New York". www.pressandjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  3. Desmarais, Charles. "Vanessa Hua: Going for a wander on New York's High Line | Datebook". Datebook.sfchronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  4. "Ruth Ewan's Silent Agitator and the Industrial Workers of the World". The High Line. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  5. "There's a better life and you think about it, don't you?". The High Line. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  6. "Silent Agitator". The High Line. 1917-04-29. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  7. "Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks". Nycgovparks.org. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  8. James Tarmy @jstarmy More stories by James Tarmy (2019-05-11). "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That's Not the Vessel)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  9. Cascone, Sarah (7 October 2019). "Editors' Picks: 23 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week | artnet News". News.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.


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