been working on a torture-themed art project for a while now and in
conjunction with CREATIVE TIME as part of its national public art initiative
“Democracy in America: The National Campaign,” he’s just opened the
Guantanamo Bay-themed “Waterboard Thrill Ride” on Coney Island in the
shadow of the legendary Cyclone roller coaster and Nathan’s hot dog stand
in an empty storefront on West 12th Street.
When a dollar is fed into a machine standing outside Powers’ mock jail cell
installation featuring paintings by the artist inside and out, viewers can climb
a short flight of steps to peer through cell bars and view an animatronic
torture scene of a hooded jailer pouring water down the throat of an orange
jumpsuit wearing Gitmo detainee.
