AORTA Projects
SITE SPECIFIC ART FOR THE POST-DISASTER COMMUNITIES OF TODAY
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Site #18 Courtney Egan "Deep Water Dates I" April 2007 - present; Corner of Banks & Broad, Mid-City
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"The history of flooding in New Orleans reveals some fascinating, comforting and unsettling stories. How come I've never heard thes...
Site #12 Elizabeth Underwood "Pink Tree Pink" Dec 2006 - Feb 2008 People's at Mendez, Gentilly (*NLP)
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(*NLP = no longer physical) "All I want to do is create beautiful surprises in this landscape & for this community who have (and co...
Site #10 Christy Speakman "Bird Puddle" Jan 2007; Lake Ponchatrain Beach Tennis Courts (*NLP)
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(*NLP= no longer physical) "This work was meant to function as a narrative disruption of the imagery we have been inundated with since ...
Site # 8 Stephen Collier "Croatoan" Dec 2006; Tennessee Street, Lower 9th Ward (*NLP)
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(*NLP = no longer physical) "For this installation the word “Croatoan” was hand painted on all the dead trees that are lined along Tenn...
Site #6 Elizabeth Underwood "Bright Light Fence" Dec 2006; 5723 Galvez, Lower 9th Ward (*NLP)
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(*NLP = no longer physical) "I wanted to create something here that reflected the simple charm and magic that I could still feel emanat...
Site #3 Jonathan Traviesa "O Water!" Dec 2006; Jeff Davis Neutral Ground, Mid-City (*NLP)
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(*NLP = no longer physical) "Installing this piece was the utmost thrill. Just knowing that it has the potential to engage random peop...
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