The statue’s desk has graffiti about gun control and includes information about where people can text to register to vote. The desk has graffiti scratched into its surface with gun-control messaging and information about where people can text to register to vote. “We keep going back to the fact that statues are typically celebratory or honoring someone, but we are taking that idea and flipping it. You should feel unsettled when viewing these.”The method used to create the statue, 3-D printing, also evokes one aspect of the American gun debate. Statues of a student experiencing a lockdown will be at voter registration drives in 10 congressional districts.

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2018 23:48 UTC