This summer I will be travelling to New Orleans and New York to assist sculptor Takashi Horisaki with a public art project titled, Social Dress - New Orleans 730 days after...
"I have tried to learn as much as I could about the successes and failures of the governmental financial charitable and community organizations in the aftermath of Katrina. As an artist whose work addresses social and cultural interactions and as a former resident who considers New Orleans to be his adopted home I feel compelled to respond to this state of affairs." - Takashi Horisaki
The project includes finding a condemned shotgun house in New Orleans and creating a replica of the surface with liquid latex. The replica of the house will be displaced in New York's Socrates Sculpture Park.
After applying and sending my portfolio to Takashi, I was excited to get a call from the artist inviting me to join him in New Orleans and New York. This project combines everything I'm interested in pursuing as an artist: social issue, public art and place.
While in New Orleans I'll be creating my own work as well. My plans include a series of public projections in the city and perhaps on people. I have specific ideas, but I'll hold off posting those until I'm actually in the city and can evalute the scope of Takashi's project and the logistics of my series.
Two weeks and counting until I arrive in NOLA!!
"I have tried to learn as much as I could about the successes and failures of the governmental financial charitable and community organizations in the aftermath of Katrina. As an artist whose work addresses social and cultural interactions and as a former resident who considers New Orleans to be his adopted home I feel compelled to respond to this state of affairs." - Takashi Horisaki
The project includes finding a condemned shotgun house in New Orleans and creating a replica of the surface with liquid latex. The replica of the house will be displaced in New York's Socrates Sculpture Park.
After applying and sending my portfolio to Takashi, I was excited to get a call from the artist inviting me to join him in New Orleans and New York. This project combines everything I'm interested in pursuing as an artist: social issue, public art and place.
While in New Orleans I'll be creating my own work as well. My plans include a series of public projections in the city and perhaps on people. I have specific ideas, but I'll hold off posting those until I'm actually in the city and can evalute the scope of Takashi's project and the logistics of my series.
Two weeks and counting until I arrive in NOLA!!
PUES, Quien sabe....
1 comment:
Man, it looks like you are having so much fun out there. I really enjoy reading about your journey. I cant wait to see more photos.
Take Care
Carlos
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