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Fear of Water: New Orleans’ Culture Post-Katrina Lecture to TAIK Aalto University of Art and Design, Helsinki Dr. Lori Kent Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow Special Thanks to New Orleans’ artists Jan Gilbert, Lori McWhorter, Mark Bercier and Malcolm McClay Music: Jessie Mae Hemphill
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Fear of Water: New Orleans’ Culture Post-Katrina
Lecture to TAIK Aalto University of Art and Design, Helsinki
Dr. Lori KentJan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow
Special Thanks to New Orleans’ artists Jan Gilbert, Lori McWhorter, Mark Bercier and Malcolm McClay
Music: Jessie Mae Hemphill
Frantz Zéphirin, 41, Frantz Zéphirin, aged 41
Préfète Duffaut, aged 86
Lori and John L. Kent in 1965
Photo:Bellocq
August 29, 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pD1aVJaRsM
SPIKE LEE “WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE”
The Gulf Coast crayon drop October 2005
Creativity+
Memory
+ Resistance
Photo: Jan Gilbert
Photo: Jan Gilbert
Photo: Jan Gilbert
Creativity+
Memory
+ Resistance
PROJECTS BY ARTISTS IN NEW ORLEANS
The Vestiges Projectan artists + writers collective since 1984
WaterwordsJan Gilbert + Debra Howell
WaterlineJan Gilbert
Picture ThisElizabeth Underwood/Naftali Rutter
Positive ThoughtsTerrance Sanders
Fear of WaterLori Kent
Lori MacWhorter
Ron Bechet
Malcolm McClay
Malcolm McClay
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Hurricane Free ZoneGeneric Art Solutions
Green is the New BlackCatherine Burke
Band Aid HouseZoe McClosky
UntitledMark Bradford
Pink Tree, Pink!Elizabeth Underwood
EmergeBeth Dary
Crying Houses, etcKrista Jurisich
Alligator
Charity Hospital
Deep Water DatesCourtney Egan
Bright Light SatelliteArt in Action
FloodwallJana Napoli
The Forgotten CityMalcolm McClay
Lower Ninth House I (2006) Limited Edition Linoleum Print
Lower Ninth House II (2006) Limited Edition Linoleum Print
Lower Ninth House III (2006) Limited Edition Linoleum Print
Lower Ninth House IV (2006) Limited Edition Linoleum Print
Untitled(2007)Archival Digital Print
Untitled(2007)Archival Digital Print
Untitled(2007)Archival Digital Print
Untitled(2007)Archival Digital Print
Untitled(2007)Archival Digital Print
Untitled(2007)Archival Digital Print
As an artist dividing my time between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, I found it impossible not to respond to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. I began by creating a series of satirical drawings titled Post-Katrina Architecture that envisioned New Orleans without levee protection. This was followed by a series of linoleum prints of devastated homes from the Lower 9th Ward. I completed a video titled The Long Corridor, which documented the flooded interiors of Lower 9th Ward homes. I have been photographing Post-Katrina New Orleans since the storm and continue to do so. This new work is a departure from my large installations but continues to address issues of human rights and social justice. Katrina brought these issues to my doorstep. I still believe as artists we are not observers of culture but participants and in all of my work I strive to raise political awareness and affect change.
The Home Repo ProjectJones, Rinehart, Sciortino + Braxton
The Multi-Function DeviceJessica Bizer
Interlude to StillnessSean Derry
http://artinaction-nola.blogspot.com/
Waiting for GodotPaul Chan
Godot Space Map
yet-to-be-titled seriesLori Kent
TECH INFO:Holga Camera images using 400-3200 ASA 110 film, scanned at 4000 dpi for large-scale printing….
Prospect 1An International Art Biennial
http://www.prospectneworleans.org/
SunriseButch Merigoni
• Web Resources
(The Blanton Museum has put together a great list of websites for Katrina-related projects for their exhibit In Katrina's Wake. See below)
• Artists' Projects featured in WorkSpace: In Katrina's Wake :
• http://www.nationalphilistine.com/nola/index.html
• (Waiting for Godot in New Orleans, Paul Chan, 2007)
• http://www.floodwall.org
• (Floodwall, Jana Napoli and Rondell Crier, 2005–present)
• http://www.thevestigesproject.org/web
• (The VESTIGES Project/New Orleans Memory Project, Jan Gilbert, 1984–present)
• http://www.ashecac.org
• (Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Carol Bebelle and Douglas Redd, 1998–present)
• http://www.transformaprojects.org
• Further, recommended browsing:
• Stories, archives, and other projects:• http://www.hurricanearchive.org• http://www.doyouknowwhatitmeans.org• http://www.soros.org/resources/multimedia/katrina/fellows• http://socialdress-neworleans.blogspot.com• http://artinaction-nola.blogspot.com• http://www.astudiointhewoods.org/residency_past.htm
Planning and architecture proposals:http://www.project-neworleans.orghttp://tulaneurbanbuild.comhttp://unifiedneworleansplan.com/home3http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/programs/katrina/katrina.htm
Local NOLA Resources:Government:http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=1http://www.nolarecovery.comhttp://unifiedneworleansplan.com/home3Media:http://www.nola.comhttp://humidhaney.typepad.comRebuilding community, home, and artistic practice:http://www.npnnola.comhttp://www.louisianarebuilds.infohttp://www.astudiointhewoods.org/residency_restoration.htmhttp://www.architectureforhumanity.org/programs/katrina/katrina.htm
