Published 16:50 IST, March 30th 2019
HILARIOUS: This Canadian artist is building a Wall of expired Cheese to make 'Make America Grate Again'
Getting his point across in the ‘cheesiest’ way, Cosimo Cavallaro, an Italian-Canadian artist from New York is building a wall using blocks of Cotija cheese just a feet from the U.S.-Mexico border in Tecate, California as way of mocking and denouncing the waste represented by the barrier that American president Donald Trump wants to construct.
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Getting his point across in ‘cheesiest’ way, Cosimo Cavallaro, an Italian-Canian artist from New York is building a wall using blocks of Cotija cheese just a feet from U.S.-Mexico border in Tecate, California as way of mocking and deuncing waste represented by barrier that American president Donald Trump wants to construct.
Cavallaro said that it was Trump’s demand that h given him context and emotional impact to do this. Unlike Trump who wants to use billions of Dollars of taxpayer’s money to build his wall, Cavallaro is relying on GoFundMe to acquire eugh blocks of expired cheese to lengn wall. artist has currently set crowdfunding goal at 300,000 dollars which will reportedly purchase eugh spoiled cheese to make a 1,000 foot-long wall.
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Originally from Montreal, he has also outlined his reason for latest project on CheeseWall.com where he also offers cheese-branded merchandise and progress of project.
“I don’t like walls. So this is a wall that I can handle, this is a wall I can live with because this wall is perishable, it will t last. cheese is spoiled. It just means that for regulations it’s t to be consumed,” says Cavallaro on CheeseWall.com
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“If you believe building federal wall is a waste of our country’s resources, support this art wall to make a point,” res GoFundMe p.
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He also said that he would be delighted to receive funds from Trump himself who me promise of border wall, which was centrepiece of his 2016 election campaign.
"I can see waste in this. It's a little bit of a waste to ackwledge a waste," artist said of his project.
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Apart from political statement, main objective of sculptor and filmmaker is to convey mess of solidarity among people and find reason in absurdity.
This is t first time that Mr Cavallaro has me art from perishable items. Previously, he me a figure of Jesus Christ me from chocolate and a bed of ham.
Donald Trump called a national emergency amid U.S.-Mexican border crisis in February. He h previously ordered a federal government shutdown in December last year which was longest U.S. government shutdown in history over a conflict regarding funds for wall.
14:37 IST, March 30th 2019