Kaleidoscope of Love

Imagine the choreographed movement of more than 1000 people holding colored placards to the sky to create the transforming shape of a butterfly, surrounded by poetry and choral singing. On Saturday, February 28th at 1pm in Powderhorn Park, a message of solidarity and compassion will culminate with a massive art action called “Kaleidoscope of Love” celebrating neighborhood resilience and shared democratic freedoms.

Documented with fly-over drones, this stunning moving-human-mosaic will provide an opportunity to connect, to heal and persist with dignity as a community. We are sending a message to the rest of the nation and the world that Minnesota values beauty, compassion and communal care over the hateful federal atrocities that have rendered such lasting harm. This celebration of our resilience will keep attention on what matters most now – that the fight for justice is far from over.

“Kaleidoscope of Love” is being formed under the tent of Big Animal Productions (BAP), in collaboration with associated artists and community members. Art holds presence and provides a cultural lifeline, transforming our feelings of fear, despair and rage into compassionate action. We believe our collective care for each other, as neighbors, is what will triumph, in the end, over the hatred and violence.

“Kaleidoscope” is an important new project building solidarity, re-igniting focus and spreading a new poetic message of Love, Remembrance and Persistance – as the violent federal incursion morphs and shifts. In the wake of a draw-down, we will neither relent nor forget the harm inflicted upon our neighbors. The battle for democratic freedom will be won over the long arc, through multiple actions, with poetry, beauty, song and movement.

As artists, in this moment, we propose communal art-making as an antidote to hate and the fear it engenders. Join us for this invitation to be a “brush-stroke” in this massive 1000-human mosaic.

Let us show strength through beauty and amplify the call for an end to this madness, demanding justice for those who have been harmed, disappeared and murdered. We will persist with dignity, during this extraordinarily difficult time for our community and our nation.