Fee-fih-foh-fum I smell the blood of an American.
On the road, the bus is a performance artwork. Haters swear at it, give it the finger and try to run it off the road. Lovers wave, laugh and honk the horn.
The bus is also a stage. At 11-feet high, it’s the ideal height for a performance. The artists get on top of it and perform at rallies and political events. The performance shown above is titled Open Carry: The Right to Bear Art. It features a six-for long paintbrush mounted with a rifle scope. It reflects on all the recent killings in America and the GOP’s love of guns.
Waterboarding the bus in front of the Citadel.
“The Trump bus in particular seeks to complicate the public's understanding of the GOP's most controversial figure by using his own performative tactics against him.”
The Atlantic
In this performance artwork artist David Gleeson practices his golf swing atop the bus. The art reflects on Trump’s apparent compulsion to cheat at golf. Trump is purportedly a 4-handicap golfer, yet won’t allow anyone to film him playing. His friends describe him as “one of the best weekend golfers I’ve ever seen.” Others say, “When it comes to cheating, he’s an 11 on a scale of one to 10.” The performance also hints at Trump’s alleged cheating elsewhere — in his marriage, on his taxes and in the way he operates his businesses.
Performing Desecration.
The artist started embroidering Trump quotes onto American flags in front of the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia – on Flag Day. The artwork comments on how, with a Presidential candidate saying everything from There was blood coming out of her eyes to Look at these hands, nothing is sacred anymore. It reflects on how Trump is desecrating the country and juxtaposes his words against American ideals.
Performed at Trump rallies, it engages the supporters in dialogue about what quotes they would put on Trump flags. The artwork attracts women who sew to the bus with the first question being, "What kind of sewing machine is that?" Instead of being adversarial, the artists use their performances to create peaceful dialogue in performances like this.
The artists embroidered the full text of Trump’s Grab em by the pussy hot mic comment on an 11 x 15 foot vintage flag and displayed it at protests and early voting locations prior to the election. See the flag.