They don't want them affixed to wooden sticks or metal poles

Some years ago, New York City police imposed a new rule on the city's demonstrations: it was forbidden to fix protest signs to wooden sticks or metal poles. This new rule inevitably brought changes in the way protests were traditionally developed there, affecting their choreography and movement. This change makes visible how our acts of dissidence are forced to enter into negotiation with systems of control. This installation consists of a series of protest signs where wooden sticks and metal poles are kept but the cardboard is replaced with flimsy tracing paper. The signs were used for several days until the paper was destroyed and had to be replaced.