Prospect .1 New Orleans - New Orleans Rises?

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Was wondering what condition New Orleans is in now. Has it made a full comeback? 80%? 50%?

Came across some information about an ambitious sounding arts program/show that opens Saturday that is being called Prospect .1 New Orleans. I've never heard of a biennial art show. The home page isn't very informative as far as what to expect to see (http://www.prospectneworleans.org/)

Anyone have information? Images of what is being offered? Planning to go? Or, even an update on life there three years after Katrina?

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@squinney,

The recovery varies by neighborhood, squinney. Places like the French Quarter and the Garden District are going strong. Other places are still mostly empty with everything in-between. I posted an interactive neighborhood recovery map a couple months ago which showed the number of postal addresses receiving mail as a percentage of the pre-Katrina numbers. I think it was about 70% at that point.

I was there two weeks ago and loved it as much as I always do. I'm not familiar with this art show but I can ask around and see what I can find out.

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@squinney,

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On November 1, 2008, Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1], the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, will open to the public in museums, historic buildings, and found sites throughout New Orleans. Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1] has been conceived in the tradition of the great international biennials, and will showcase new artistic practices as well as an array of programs benefiting the local community. Over the course of its eleven-week run, Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1] plans to draw international media attention, creative energy, and new economic activity to the city of New Orleans. source

I found a good description of it at the link above. It runs for 11 weeks beginning this weekend. One thing to consider is that next weekend (Nov 7 and 8) is Festgiving weekend which is a mini version of Jazz Fest. Lots of extra visitors in town but lots of great music in town too.

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@JPB,

Well, 70% is better than I thought I might hear. I was hoping you would be able to fill me in, knowing of your travels there. Kinda surprised there isn't an ongoing photo essay of the recovery online. (Least not that I could find)

I've never been there. The art project peaked my interest. It sounds like it will be around the city, some of it in odd unexpected spots like just "there" in a head turning way. That would be what would interest me most.

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@squinney,

Oh GAWD! I was on the brink of saying "there" more in that one post than Sarah has in the past eight weeks!

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@squinney,

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PROSPECT.1 NEW ORLEANS BY VENUE
(*indicates works in multiple sites, or moving from site to site)

Edgar Degas Foundation
2401 Esplanade Avenue
Aernout Mik

Battle Ground Baptist Church
2200 Flood Street
Nari Ward

Charles J. Colton School
2300 St. Claude Avenue
José Damasceno
Tatsuo Miyajima
Paul Villinski*

Common Ground Relief
1800 Deslonde Street
Ghada Amer

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)
900 Camp Street
Allora y Calzadilla
Luis Cruz Azaceta
John L. Barnes, Jr.
Candice Breitz
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cao Fei

Skylar Fein
Gajin Fujita
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Isaac Julien
Lee Bul
Shawne Major
Nalini Malani
Josephine Meckseper
Julie Mehretu
Pedro Reyes
Kay Rosen
Jackie Sumell & Herman Wallace
Fiona Tan
Jannis Varelas

Harrah’s Casino/Plaza of Good Fortune
228 Poydras Street
Alexandre Arrechea

Hefler Warehouse
851 Magazine Street
Takashi Horisaki
Xavier Veilhan

The Historic New Orleans Collection/Brulatour House
520 Royal Street
Rosângela Rennó

Ideal Auto Repair
420 Girod Street
Jacqueline Humphries

L9 Center for the Arts
539 Caffin Avenue
Anne Deleporte*
Wangechi Mutu

Louisiana ArtWorks
725 Howard Avenue
Arturo Herrera
Srdjan Loncar*
Perejaume
Haegue Yang*

Louisiana State Museum/Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade Avenue
El Anatsui
Sanford Biggers
Francis Cape
Anne Deleporte*
Srdjan Loncar*
Deborah Luster
Beatriz Milhazes
Yasumasa Morimura
Zwelethu Mthethwa
Stephen G. Rhodes
Clare E. Rojas
Fred Tomaselli

The Lower Ninth Ward Village
1001 Charbonnet Street
Janine Antoni
Miguel Palma
Superflex

Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Avenue
Nadine Robinson
Paul Villinski*

The George and Leah McKenna Museum of African-American Art
2003 Carondelet Street
Marcel Odenbach
Malick Sidibé

Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University
Woldenberg Art Center
Tulane University
Shirin Neshat

New Orleans African American Museum
1418 Governor Nicholls Street
Rico Gatson
William Kentridge
McCallum & Tarry

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts/Riverfront
2800 Chartres Street
Pascale Marthine Tayou (Homer Plessy site)
Amy Sillman
Nedko Solakov

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
1205 North Rampart Street
Roy Ferdinand, Jr.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Center
1225 North Rampart Street
Tony Fitzpatrick
John Pilson
Navin Rawanchaikul/Tyler Russell

New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau
2020 St .Charles Avenue
Haegue Yang*

New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll Circle
Willie Birch
Monica Bonvicini
Victor Harris & Fi-Yi-Yi
Kalup Linzy
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Jorge Macchi/Edgardo Rudnitzky
Kaz Oshiro
Xu Bing

Tekrema Center for Art and Culture
5640 Burgundy Street
Adam Cvijanovic
Sebastián Preece

Universal Furniture
2372 Saint Claude Avenue
Pierre et Gilles

Itinerant:
Dave McKenzie

Lower 9th Ward (various):
Mark Bradford
Leandro Erlich
Katharina Grosse
Robin Rhode
Paul Villinski*

Other:
Kalup Linzy (performance)
Navin Rawanchaikul/Tyler Russell (Narvin Kimball jazz funeral)

Very Interesting Concept. There are places all over the city so that folks explore different areas to see different artists. Very Cool!!!

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I guess I'll have to wait for pics after it opens tomorrow. Will post anything i find.

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@squinney,

I definitely plan to go back there,
tho I have no designated date.

The last time I was there was just before Katrina, for a convention.
Its really a great place; very, very good food and extremely friendly people.

Waitresses bringing me free food n free drinks; fantastic.

David

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@squinney,

Here's an interview with one of the artists.

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Tony Fitzpatrick is a Renaissance man from the hard-scrabble streets of Chicago; he's been a bouncer, a boxer, all the requisite work for the artist-in-training.

Fitzpatrick's stunningly vibrant paintings and installations are part of the big Prospect.1 New Orleans art extravaganza opening on Saturday and running through Jan. 18. more

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@JPB,

Here's a clip from one of the artists.

http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2008/10/remeber_the_upstairs_lounge_pr.html

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Starbucks held their convention in NO last month. For halloween Starbucks where my daughter works donated the hot cocoa for our neighborhood event. The manager that came out to serve that evening had just returned from the Starbucks convention. She said while they were there they all had to do a volunteer / charity project.

Her choice was to participate in painting the outside area of one of the schools. It was a group effort at a mural about five feet high to cover the water line around the building. I meant to ask her if it was part of this bigger project since it was just before the opening. Either way, pretty cool.

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@squinney,

Yep, very much so!

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Mr B and I were in New Orleans this past weekend. It was the final weekend of Prospect.1 and we spent Saturday and Sunday touring various venues and galleries. We were blown away by the exhibits at the old US Mint. Another favorite area was a series of small galleries along a couple blocks on Julia St.

I can see why the exhibit ran for a couple months. It would have taken that long to see everything. Thanks for letting me know about it, squinney. We really enjoyed it.

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@JPB,

.....

Uh, you're welcome.

But,... no pictures? Are you really gonna pop back in here without pictures? Smile

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@squinney,

squinney wrote:

Starbucks held their convention in NO last month. For halloween Starbucks where my daughter works donated the hot cocoa for our neighborhood event. The manager that came out to serve that evening had just returned from the Starbucks convention. She said while they were there they all had to do a volunteer / charity project.

Her choice was to participate in painting the outside area of one of the schools. It was a group effort at a mural about five feet high to cover the water line around the building. I meant to ask her if it was part of this bigger project since it was just before the opening. Either way, pretty cool.

How hi was the water line ?

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@OmSigDAVID,

I assumed it was 5 feet since they were covering it. Might have been a little less. I didn't think to ask.

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@squinney,

errrr ...

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@JPB,

I'm glad you had an opportunity to view the exhibits.

I'll just assume there were rules against photo's being taken.

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