Location
Boston, MA
Project Title
Revolutionary AYAT (Revolutionary LOVE)
Fiscal Year Awarded
2022
Grant or Program
Public Art for Spatial Justice
Grant Amount
$10,000

Revolutionary AYAT (Revolutionary LOVE), is a multimedia project of radical revolutionary intervention, deep care, and recognition of cultural belonging of Filipinx-American peoples bringing visibility to overshadowed and underwritten cultural histories. Ayat is the Ilocano word for love. This project aims to bring healing and counter past cultural traumas, by confronting false historical claims written on the Hiker monument in Arsenal Square in Cambridge, MA. Through a visual platform, local Boston Filipinx, Cuban, and Puerto Rican artists to be represented, heard, and seen. It will incorporate both augmented reality and live performance in Spring 2022.