RIP Eddie Boros

One of the great urban beasts died on 04 27 07. Eddie Boros is responsible for the three story high wood and stuffed animal tower (trash tower) that accends above the Ave B and 6th st community garden in the East Village. NY. Eddie's art was a huge influence in the beginnings of the Urban Beast Project and I met with him many times to talk about stuffed animals in public places and the urbanizing effect.
My favorite piece of advice concerned how to get squirrels to stop living in your over sized stuffed animals high up in the trees.
Cayenne pepper, he told me. Squirrels don't like it so much. They will pretty much get out and won't come back.
Eddie's persistance and vision will be missed in an every condo-ized East Village.
RIP

posted by M.A.R.T. at 10:02 AM