High Line Plinth: Lectures & Meditations – Monuments to War
About this Event
Closing the series, Nico Rodriguez, deputy director of Monuments Lab, considers Nguyen’s work alongside contemporary artistic approaches to memorialization. The discussion explores how artists reimagine monuments to war by transforming sites of violence into spaces for remembrance, reflection, and collective healing.
The lecture will be followed by a guided meditation by Steve Clorfeine, a meditation teacher from the Shambhala tradition with over 40 years of experience.
Monuments to War — Saturday, October 10, 2026 (Rain date: Sunday, October 11, 2026, 2:00-3:00 PM)
Bio:
Nico Rodriguez is Deputy Director at Monument Lab (Philadelphia), where he is part of the organization’s senior leadership advancing public art, public memory, and civic space projects through artist-led and community-centered partnerships nationwide. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, he is a curator and arts administrator interested in how cultural strategy, site-specific interventions, and printed publications can advance social change. In 2011, he co-founded the Colombia-based nonprofit SUR (formerly 4-18). Since moving to the United States in 2016, Rodriguez has worked at the intersection of artistic practice and civic infrastructure, including roles with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Maryland Institute College of Art, before joining Monument Lab. His work focuses on how cities and communities can activate the public realm to restore identity and belonging.
Steve Clorfeine is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer. He is also a meditation teacher from the Shambhala tradition with over 40 years of experience. Steve currently teaches weekly meditation classes at Westbeth Artist Housing.
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Lead support for High Line Art comes from Amanda and Don Mullen. Major support is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston and Charina Endowment Fund. Major support of High Line Art's digital infrastructure is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by members of the High Line Plinth Committee, contemporary art leaders who are committed to realizing major commissions and engaging in the public success of the Plinth: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, Amy and David Abrams, Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros, Sarah Arison, Elizabeth K. Belfer, Fairfax Dorn, Kerianne Flynn, Ingrid Cincala Gilbert, Hermine Riegerl Heller, Janine and J. Tomilson Hill, The Holly Peterson Foundation, Annie Hubbard, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Randi Levine, Jennifer Levitt, W. Scott McCormack and Noah Jay, Amanda and Don Mullen, Douglas Oliver and Sherry Brous, Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo, Susan and Stephen Scherr, Dani R’bibo, Eric Schwartz and Debra Fram, Susan and David Viniar, Olivia Walton, and Vivian and James Zelter.
Program support for High Line Art is provided by Sarah Arison, Suzanne Deal Booth, Charlotte Ford, Molly Gochman, and Joyce F. Menschel. Additional support is provided by Agnes Gund and Shane Akeroyd.
Program funding for the Plinth Lectures and Meditations series is provided by the Scintilla Foundation.
High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Julie Menin.
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