BACKBREAKER - Euphoria Physics/Falls & Big Hits Ep.1

Now "marching" on the High Line: Derek Fordjour's "Backbreaker Double"! 🥁 🥁 Commissioned by High Line Art, Fordjour presents "Backbreaker Double," a new monumental mural adjacent to the park at 22nd Street. The work depicts two Black marching band drum majors performing the “drum major backbend.” This iconic salute is an athletic, acrobatic stunt in which the drum major bends all the way backward, so that their shako nearly grazes the ground. The gesture is a recurring motif in Fordjour’s work