Shia LaBeouf's anti-Donald Trump art installation has come to the UK

Shia LaBeouf made headlines following Donald Trump’s inauguration when he set up a live video feed, set to last for as long as Trump is in office, of people repeating the phrase “he will not divide us”.

But because of threats of violence and constant disruption when the actor’s project was initially set up at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), it was removed by the museum without notice and relocated to New Mexico – where disruption continued.

The installation, a project by LaBeouf and frequent collaborators Rönkkö & Turner, has now received a new home far from the territory Trump rules – Liverpool.

A white flag with the words “he will not divide us” will be live-streamed from the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT), for “four years, or the duration of the 45th Presidency of the United States”. The trio said in a statement: “Events have shown that America is simply not safe enough for this artwork to exist.”FACT Liverpool describe the project as something that reflects the current state of politics. “In an era where elections can be influenced by activity online, a space with no physical borders, HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US resonates with the changing state of global politics. The work articulates the role the internet — particularly social media — plays in the construction of opinions, identities and ideologies,” its website says.