HIS MOVEMENT, AND ART
EXHIBIT TO
THE DUKE CITY. NEWS 13'S
REBECCA ATKINS IS HERE
WITH THE STORY.
KATHERINE, PROTESTORS
STARTED GATHERING
AROUND ONE. AND THEY CAN
GO RIGHT UP TO THE
CAMERA AND SAY WHATEVER
THEY WANT TO SAY.
17:26
BANGING A PLASTIC BOTTLE
41:05 "Justice is our
demand." 41:06 SHIA
LABEOUF AIMS TO UNITE
NEW MEXICANS WITH HIS
PUBLIC ART EXHIBIT
CALLED 'HE WILL NOT
DIVIDE US'... URGING
OTHERS TO TAKE A STANCE
AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP.
19:37 "They came looking
for a new place that
was more welcoming, that
was more open, wanting
to be a part of this
national conversation,
and pretty cool they
picked the city of
Albuquerque." 19:44
COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS SAYS
LABEOUF AND TWO ARTIST
FRIENDS FIRST DISPLAYED
THEIR WORK IN NEW YORK.
IT'S A WEB CAMERA--
WHERE PASSERS-BY CAN
SPEAK THEIR MIND.
LABEOUF WAS ARRESTED IN
THE BIG APPLE...AND
AFTER MANY ALTERCATIONS,
THE MUSEUM
DISPLAYING THE WORK SAID
THEY WERE NO LONGER
WELCOME.
21:36 "He remembered a
trip here where people
were welcoming, and they
were excited to see
somebody different and
didn't see him as a
famous person." 21:43 SO
NOW, FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS, THE ART WILL BE
HERE, ALONG THE EL REY
THEATRE ON 7TH STREET.
25:33 "It's good to see
unity coming cause this
is actually saying out
loud what I have felt
all along." 25:37 DOZENS
CAME OUT TO SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT. AND LABEOUF
WANTED TO HEAR FROM ALL
OF THEM.
15:20 "Hey tell them
what happened today!" I
got my citizenship
today." bang bang bang!"
15:24
14:47:36"He will not
divide us!" 47:38
LETTING THIS NEW
AMERICAN CITIZEN SHARE
HER STORY.
35:06 "it gives people a
purpose to congrigate
and... stand together,
united, not divided."
35:14 IN A CITY THAT'S
WELCOMING TO THOSE BOTH
NEAR AND FAR.
20:47 "I think it's
pretty cool that
Albuquerque can welcome
them here, it's even
cooler that it's in a
public space." 20:51
COUNCILMAN DAVIS SAYS
CITIZENS NEED A SPACE TO
EXPRESS THEIR
FRUSTRATION LIKE THIS
ART, OTHERWISE HE SAYS
THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE TURN
TO VIOLENCE. KATHERINE
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY REBECCA. AND THE
CITY IS PREPARED TO
MAINTAIN THE WALL IF IT
GETS DAMAGED, THEY EVEN
HAVE EXTRA LENSES FOR
THE CAMERA.