Shia LaBeouf Relaunches 'He Will Not Divide Us' Project with Fellow Artists Ronkko & Turner

Shia LaBeouf and his fellow “He Will Not Divide Us” collaboraters Rönkkö and Turner have announced their plans to relaunch the project after it was shut down by the Museum of the Moving Image last weekend.

The three artists spoke out against the museum in a statement released on TheCampaignBook.com and revealed that the project is continuing as of today (February 18) at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, N.M.

“From the outset, the museum failed to address our concerns about the misleading framing of our piece as a political rally, rather than as a participatory performance artwork resisting the normalisation of division,” the artists said about working with the Museum of the Moving Image.

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Read the full statement below!

Statement from LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner

On February 10, 2017, The Museum of the Moving Image abandoned HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US. Their evident lack of commitment to the project is damning.

From the outset, the museum failed to address our concerns about the misleading framing of our piece as a political rally, rather than as a participatory performance artwork resisting the normalisation of division.

In fact, the museum demonstrated a spectacular lack of judgement�”and courtesy to us as artists�”by neglecting to consult us when they staged a political rally at the site of our artwork on January 29, 2017.

On numerous occasions, we voiced serious concerns to the museum about hate speech occurring at the site of our project, and requested that the museum act responsibly in moderating this and providing the public a means of reporting such incidents. Our requests were not even acknowledged, let alone acted upon.

Nonetheless, there had been no incidents of physical violence at the site of our project that we are aware of, nor that we had been informed of at any stage by the museum.

It is our understanding that the museum bowed to political pressure in ceasing their involvement with our project. We were only informed of the museum’s capitulation in an email from their attorney, Brendan O’Rourke�”a lawyer who we note also represents the current president.

It is clear, therefore, that the Museum of the Moving Image is not fit to speak of our intent as artists.

As of February 18, 2017, we are proud to be continuing HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US at the El Rey Theater, Albuquerque.

LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner