Mother Pigeon
Mother Pigeon | |
|---|---|
 Mother Pigeon | |
| Born | Tina Piña |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Jason Trachtenburg |
| Children | Rachel Trachtenburg |
Tina Trachtenburg (née Piña ), known by her stage name Mother Pigeon is a street performance artist in New York City. In a typical show, she arranges an art installation of hand made soft sculptures representing pigeons and other urban wildlife while she sits among them.[1][2] The art is for fun and to promote animal rights for pigeons, rats in New York City, and other animals.[1] Her exhibitions are intended to improve the reputations of animals who are "maligned" and "overlooked".[2]
Mother Pigeon lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn.[1]
Some art lovers say the pigeons seem real until examined closely.[3] Before becoming a solo street performer and activist, Mother Pigeon was a member of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players,[4] a self-described "indie-vaudeville-conceptual-art rock" band that consisted of Mother Pigeon's husband, Jason, and their only child Rachel, who is a musician, model and actress.
References[]
- ^ a b c Guzman, Sandra (16 October 2015). "Think Pigeons Are a Nuisance? Meet New York City's Pigeon Whisperer". NBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ a b Tauber, Natasha (9 October 2014). "Mother Pigeon's Outstallation". Cool Hunting. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ Alexandra (12 October 2015). "Mother Pigeon". The Only Living Girl in New York. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Mother Pigeon's Outstallation". 9 October 2014.
External links[]
- A New York gem: This woman is ‘mother’ to hundreds of pigeons, a three-minute video documentary presented the New York Post
- Mother Pigeon, a three-minute video documentary of a typical day for Mother Pigeon
- Performance art in New York City
- Urban wildlife
- Living people
- American performance artists
- Artists from Brooklyn
- People from Bushwick, Brooklyn
- Columbidae
- Animal rights activists
- American women performance artists
- 21st-century American women