Presley Martin /
Free Happiness
The Free Happiness project is a performance that draws on the Aztec tradition of making ritual sculptures of popped amaranth. The tasty, nutritious amaranth candy - distributed for free over a two-day period - will contain Palmer amaranth, the pesticide resistant “super weed†that is hindering corporate monoculture all over the country. Free Happiness is a model of resistance against man-made pesticides that are ubiquitous in our environment, and even our own bodies. Look for the Free Happiness cart travelling up and down 14th Street.
Date:
Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6 from 11am-6pm
Location:
The performance will begin and end at First Avenue and 14th Street, and move to and from the High Line, with stops in Union Square.
artist info
Currently Presley lives and works in Seaside, California where he maintains a studio with thousands of snails, and other non-native species. He uses invasive species in his work as a path to new and unexpected interactions with the local environment.
