"To replace violence and fear in mass media for one day" seven artists, wearing brightly colored jump-suits and safety harnesses, climbed the seven largest bridges connected to Manhattan.
At the peak of their collective ascents, bright yellow smoke flares were ignited on each bridge, unifying the artists as a team," resulting in rush hour traffic disruption and media attention.
The artists/climbers, also including Greg Pickard, Paul Pellicoro, Jack Bashkow, Gianfranco Mantegna, Tony Sapp, Anthony Seidenberg, Janet Applegate and peace activist Ruth Russell, were arrested.
In Breathsculpture he lived in an hermetically sealed glass house for 10 days with 10,000 plants, breathing once per minute, in Holland in 1989.
[8] Fresh Air brought mobile, interactive breathing stations filled with plants to the street.
[19][20] On September 25, 2019, Halpern presented "Betrayal on 14th Street," an unfinished community advocacy film at the invitation of Myra Manning, founder of Citizens United for Safety, Park Slope, Brooklyn.
"Chaos erupted" when Halpern opened by challenging Transportation Alternatives, a pro-cycling lobbying organization, of planting "paid activists" in the audience, alleging that their funding comes from elitist backers "the likes of billionaire Steve Ross, a crony of Jeff Epstein."