Press "Enter" to skip to content

America’s Teddy Bear at Isola Galerie

The second home for America’s Teddy Bear was at Isola Galerie in Frankfurt, Germany in 2018. He spent all summer in a sunny, well-lit window at the heart of the lively neighborhood of Bockenheim. The total count of bullets for this installation was 470.

This was my first live performance for the installation. During the first part of the performance, while shooting the nerf bullets onto the teddy, we showed a video clip of Emma Gonzalez –a Parkland High School student and survivor– of the powerful and emotional speech she gave days after the shooting.

Isola Galerie also hosted a finissage in which we invited visitors to help un-install the Teddy.

Isola Galerie’s Opening and Closing Performances slideshow

Preparing the Teddy's silhouette. Photo by Patrick Lofredi

Performance announcement by Isola Galerie

Teddy Bear's silhouette before performance

Starting the performance - shooting the toy guns to the window

Playing on the side, video of Parkland High School school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez

Bullets with victims' names are added manually

Finished America's Teddy Bear at Isola Galerie

With Isola's gallery owner and curator Patrick Lofredi

From inside - America's Teddy Bear. Photo by Patrick Lofredi

Enjoying America's Teddy Bear on a lovely evening in Bockenheim

America's Teddy Bear at Isola Galerie

Finissage America's Teddy Bear

Take down of America's Teddy Bear, August 14 2018

Getting help from friends and visitors to take down

Patrick Lofredi at the Finissage of America's Teddy Bear

Previous

Next

Read more posts about America's Teddy Bear, Installation or Performance