In 1977, artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles began interviewing New York City sanitation workers, and in 1979, she began Touch Sanitation Performance. This multivalent work included Handshake and Thanking Ritual, in which the artist shook hands and personally thanked each of the city’s 8,500 sanitation workers over an eleven-month period. Follow in Your Footsteps was another …
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