Statue of Edward Snowden
| Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument 2.0 | |
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| Artist | Sculptor Doyle Trankina; Andrew Tider, Jeff Greenspan |
| Completion date | April 6, 2015 |
| Type | Statue |
| Medium | Hydrocal |
| Subject | Edward Snowden |
Coordinates: 40°41′30″N 73°58′32″W / 40.6918°N 73.9756°W
The statue of Edward Snowden, called Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument 2.0 by its creators, was an ephemeral, illegally installed public statue of Edward Snowden, an American whistleblower who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) and was charged with federal crimes as a result. The bronze-like statue was placed in Fort Greene Park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, on April 6, 2015. It was attached to a Doric column on the perimeter of the park's Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, a memorial and crypt which honors and inters the more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in the American Revolution while housed on British prison ships.
Affixed atop an existing column, the statue was mounted by three anonymous artists and their helpers, who were dressed in white construction helmets and reflective vests in imitation of Parks Department workers, early in the morning of April 6, then covered and taken down by NYC Parks officials later that day. A hologram tribute to Snowden was subsequently installed after the statue was removed.
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