Silent Agitator

Silent Agitator
The sculpture along the High Line in February 2020
Artist	Ruth Ewan
Location	New York City (April 2019 – March 2020)

Silent Agitator is a sculpture by Ruth Ewan. It is currently on display in St Mungo's Square at the University of Glasgow.^[1] Based on work by Ralph Chaplin, the art installation features a clock and the text "time to organize" below.^[2] The work was inspired by an illustration for the Industrial Workers of the World with the text, "What time is it? Time to organize!"^[3]

The sculpture was installed along Manhattan's High Line,^[4][5] in the U.S. state of New York, from April 2019 to March 2020.^[6][7] In May 2019, Bloomberg's James Tarmy included Silent Agitator in his list of "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That’s Not the Vessel)".^[8] Inspired by the sculpture, Ewan, the Brooklyn's Women's Chorus, the New York City Labor Chorus, and other performers sang "odes to organized labor" on the High Line at 14th Street, in October 2019.^[9]

1. ^ "Thinking Culture". thinkingculture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
2. ^ "Aberdeen artist amazed to have work displayed in New York". www.pressandjournal.co.uk. January 16, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
3. ^ Desmarais, Charles. "Vanessa Hua: Going for a wander on New York's High Line | Datebook". Datebook.sfchronicle.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
4. ^ "Ruth Ewan's Silent Agitator and the Industrial Workers of the World". The High Line. August 30, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
5. ^ "There's a better life and you think about it, don't you?". The High Line. October 10, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
6. ^ "Silent Agitator". The High Line. April 29, 1917. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
7. ^ "Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks". Nycgovparks.org. April 3, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
8. ^ James Tarmy @jstarmy More stories by James Tarmy (May 11, 2019). "New York City's Most Instagrammable Public Art (That's Not the Vessel)". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
9. ^ Cascone, Sarah (October 7, 2019). "Editors' Picks: 23 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week | artnet News". News.artnet.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.

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