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Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new york. Show all posts
13 July 2011
02 July 2011
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20 July 2010
Death Imitating Art - Sophie D
"It's another average humdrum day in a crumbling civilization," were the first words that Sophie D ever said to me. I was enjoying my solitude drawing in my favorite neighborhood spot...the t-shirt I had on gave me away as someone to talk to.
It sparked a conversation that delved into what was wrong with the city as we compared how many mutual people we knew who had been killed through senseless murder or who had OD'd or killed themselves since Katrina. It's a tale you wouldn't ordinarily share but it was one of those conversations.
"Wouldn't it be nice if you could shock people into cleaning up this city?" she asked me. It would be since people don't seem prepared to listen nicely anymore. Sophie D set about to wake people the hell up. Here are some samples of her work and then a couple of news stories where Somewhere in the City, the Blood was Real:
Mobile, AL
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
New York, NY
Baton Rouge, LA
And here are the two recent news stories...
In New Orleans at Nola.com
In Mobile at Modmobilian.com
It sparked a conversation that delved into what was wrong with the city as we compared how many mutual people we knew who had been killed through senseless murder or who had OD'd or killed themselves since Katrina. It's a tale you wouldn't ordinarily share but it was one of those conversations.
"Wouldn't it be nice if you could shock people into cleaning up this city?" she asked me. It would be since people don't seem prepared to listen nicely anymore. Sophie D set about to wake people the hell up. Here are some samples of her work and then a couple of news stories where Somewhere in the City, the Blood was Real:
Mobile, AL
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
New York, NY
Baton Rouge, LA
And here are the two recent news stories...
In New Orleans at Nola.com
In Mobile at Modmobilian.com
06 December 2008
Day Four - NoLA Rising Festival in NYC
Sorry for the delay in getting the updates of the NoLA Rising Festival posted. I've been nursing a cold that I neglected to take care of and it's finally gotten the better of me.
SATURDAY, Nov 22nd, 2008
The day fortunately began late with IRT transformed into a Jazz Cafe. While light Jazz was being performed live in the background, refreshments were served up and painting began...
The afternoon we held two screenings of "Wade in the Water, Children", a documentary by Elizabeth Wood, Gabriel Nussbaum and the Film Class from the first school to re-open after hurricane Katrina in Central City. "Wade in the Water, Children offers a poetic and devastating look at life in New Orleans through the eyes of the kids who call it home." To find out more about the film, visit www.wadeinthewaterdoc.com
Around eight that night, we kicked off all night festivities with WET!, an all night dance party hosted by SLIGHTLYaskew. Featuring the DJs: cassettenova, Eddie Mars & The Vietcong Disco and DJ Theo Action Lorraine.
DJ with Scarlet O'Gasm
Team NoLA Rising
No night would be complete without a little burlesque. We were proud to have New Orleans native Scarlet O'Gasm, of the Peach Tartes, performing the "Devil Went Down to Georgia."
But no night would be complete without light-up hoola-hoops! And this is how it went until the morning...
SATURDAY, Nov 22nd, 2008
The day fortunately began late with IRT transformed into a Jazz Cafe. While light Jazz was being performed live in the background, refreshments were served up and painting began...
The afternoon we held two screenings of "Wade in the Water, Children", a documentary by Elizabeth Wood, Gabriel Nussbaum and the Film Class from the first school to re-open after hurricane Katrina in Central City. "Wade in the Water, Children offers a poetic and devastating look at life in New Orleans through the eyes of the kids who call it home." To find out more about the film, visit www.wadeinthewaterdoc.com
Around eight that night, we kicked off all night festivities with WET!, an all night dance party hosted by SLIGHTLYaskew. Featuring the DJs: cassettenova, Eddie Mars & The Vietcong Disco and DJ Theo Action Lorraine.
DJ with Scarlet O'GasmTeam NoLA RisingNo night would be complete without a little burlesque. We were proud to have New Orleans native Scarlet O'Gasm, of the Peach Tartes, performing the "Devil Went Down to Georgia."
But no night would be complete without light-up hoola-hoops! And this is how it went until the morning...
28 November 2008
First Night in NYC Preparing for the NoLA Rising Festival | Photos by Nick Gaswirth
11/19/08
Howdy Folks!
It's been awhile since there's been an update, but as you can imagine, I've needed a little decompression time. I've spent that time organizing over 800 photos, shipping artwork, making phone calls and all the usual post-show craziness. So, to update everyone who would have liked to come up to New York for the NoLA Rising Festival, I'm going to do an event by event post.
Upon landing in New York, I took a taxi direct to IRT where the event was to be held by Slightly Askew for NoLA Rising. Five models awaited my arrival to be painted. I was going with the New Orleans cemetery theme/with Dia de La Muertos faces (as a tribute to our friend Mardi Claw). Everything was going smoothly except that the paint wasn't drying in a manner I was accustomed to. Considering it might be a difference of humidity, I painted on. However, much to our dismay after the photo shoot, Christin came in slightly panicky {approximately 2 a.m.} and announced, "the paint is NOT coming off!"
At that point, I stopped trusting that the base coat had been a latex primer, looked across the room and saw that was indeed not. INDEED not. As I read the words "High Epoxy Medium Enamel", I knew the models were screwed. A few days later, all the paint was off with minimal rashes and I learned a valuable lesson. Had I double checked what paint I had requested, all would be well. Unfortunately the hardware store where the paint was bought decided to rip off the girl who bought it seeing that she didn't know the difference of the paints.
The following photos were taken for NoLA Rising archive purposes, but professional prints of the shoot can be found by photographer Nick Gaswirth. ::: To SEE the photos that Nick Selected, GO HERE
NoLA Rising NYC
Howdy Folks!
It's been awhile since there's been an update, but as you can imagine, I've needed a little decompression time. I've spent that time organizing over 800 photos, shipping artwork, making phone calls and all the usual post-show craziness. So, to update everyone who would have liked to come up to New York for the NoLA Rising Festival, I'm going to do an event by event post.
Upon landing in New York, I took a taxi direct to IRT where the event was to be held by Slightly Askew for NoLA Rising. Five models awaited my arrival to be painted. I was going with the New Orleans cemetery theme/with Dia de La Muertos faces (as a tribute to our friend Mardi Claw). Everything was going smoothly except that the paint wasn't drying in a manner I was accustomed to. Considering it might be a difference of humidity, I painted on. However, much to our dismay after the photo shoot, Christin came in slightly panicky {approximately 2 a.m.} and announced, "the paint is NOT coming off!"
At that point, I stopped trusting that the base coat had been a latex primer, looked across the room and saw that was indeed not. INDEED not. As I read the words "High Epoxy Medium Enamel", I knew the models were screwed. A few days later, all the paint was off with minimal rashes and I learned a valuable lesson. Had I double checked what paint I had requested, all would be well. Unfortunately the hardware store where the paint was bought decided to rip off the girl who bought it seeing that she didn't know the difference of the paints.
The following photos were taken for NoLA Rising archive purposes, but professional prints of the shoot can be found by photographer Nick Gaswirth. ::: To SEE the photos that Nick Selected, GO HERE
NoLA Rising NYC
06 October 2008
SLIGHTLY ASKEW / NOLA RISING / NEW YORK CITY
SLIGHTLY ASKEW & NOLA RISING
SLIGHTLY Askew and IRT has recently posted pics from some of their paint parties up in New York. See the full set here:
SLIGHLY Askew & NoLA Rising
SLIGHTLYaskew and IRT present NoLA Rising!
NoLA Rising is a post-Katrina arts campaign that focuses on public art, community building and arts therapy in New Orleans. In preparation for the arrival of NoLA Rising in November, SLIGHTLYaskew will be hosting paint parties across New York City. At each paint party, there will be free wood, paint and brushes. We will invite New Yorkers and passersby to paint these pieces of wood with messages of hope for the people of New Orleans.
The signs will be displayed at the NoLA Rising Exhibit which will be open November 21st through the 26th at the infrared theater (IRT) in the West Village. Many of the signs will also be displayed around the city of New York for public enjoyment, and the rest will be given as a gift to the city of New Orleans and its people who are struggling with post traumatic stress disorder and who are returning to and rebuilding their homes but cannot afford artwork.
Join us on Saturdays, and be on the look out for paint parties coming to your neighborhood!
SLIGHTLY Askew and IRT has recently posted pics from some of their paint parties up in New York. See the full set here:
SLIGHLY Askew & NoLA Rising
SLIGHTLYaskew and IRT present NoLA Rising!
NoLA Rising is a post-Katrina arts campaign that focuses on public art, community building and arts therapy in New Orleans. In preparation for the arrival of NoLA Rising in November, SLIGHTLYaskew will be hosting paint parties across New York City. At each paint party, there will be free wood, paint and brushes. We will invite New Yorkers and passersby to paint these pieces of wood with messages of hope for the people of New Orleans.
The signs will be displayed at the NoLA Rising Exhibit which will be open November 21st through the 26th at the infrared theater (IRT) in the West Village. Many of the signs will also be displayed around the city of New York for public enjoyment, and the rest will be given as a gift to the city of New Orleans and its people who are struggling with post traumatic stress disorder and who are returning to and rebuilding their homes but cannot afford artwork.
Join us on Saturdays, and be on the look out for paint parties coming to your neighborhood!
11 September 2008
From The Big Easy to The Big Apple - Announcing November 22nd show
NoLA Rising Gears Up for Show in New York!
It's time for the official announcement to be made. Our brothers and sisters in the West Village have made it possible for NoLA Rising to have a show...a venue...a triumphant circus up in the much loved New York City. And we're not coming up there to play tourist either!
We're going to be getting the job done. NoLA Rising will be heading up north Y'ALL to spread the word that New Orleans is alive and well and that our art scene is in the middle of a Renaissance. Renaissance? That's right, that's what I call it after watching my city drown is sewerage and filth following the Federal Levee Failures. There is no other direction for New Orleans but to RISE from the swamps and show the civilized world what we've been doing with art down here.
In the following days, as the details get scheduled out, those of us here at NoLA Rising world headquarters will be releasing the line up of friends and compatriots in the revolution for a better tomorrow. Shenanigans, artwork, music, interpretive philosophy, activism and sheer fun. There'll be something for everyone when NoLA hits the streets of New York, bringing THE BIG EASY to THE BIG APPLE, this coming November.
You'll be able to find us on Nov 22nd and at our paint parties leading up to then at:
sept 13th FORT GREEN PARK fort green 1-6pm
sept 20 McCAREN PARK williamsburg 1- 6pm
sept 27 HARLEM 1-6pm
Oct 25th TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK 2-7pm
Nov 1 WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK 1-6pm
Be a part of the community that is changing the way people perceive art and activism!
Our Brothers and Sisters from New York at NoLA Shines and Slightly Askew made the following video!
And then there's WE THREE KINGS
It's time for the official announcement to be made. Our brothers and sisters in the West Village have made it possible for NoLA Rising to have a show...a venue...a triumphant circus up in the much loved New York City. And we're not coming up there to play tourist either!
We're going to be getting the job done. NoLA Rising will be heading up north Y'ALL to spread the word that New Orleans is alive and well and that our art scene is in the middle of a Renaissance. Renaissance? That's right, that's what I call it after watching my city drown is sewerage and filth following the Federal Levee Failures. There is no other direction for New Orleans but to RISE from the swamps and show the civilized world what we've been doing with art down here.
In the following days, as the details get scheduled out, those of us here at NoLA Rising world headquarters will be releasing the line up of friends and compatriots in the revolution for a better tomorrow. Shenanigans, artwork, music, interpretive philosophy, activism and sheer fun. There'll be something for everyone when NoLA hits the streets of New York, bringing THE BIG EASY to THE BIG APPLE, this coming November.
You'll be able to find us on Nov 22nd and at our paint parties leading up to then at:
sept 13th FORT GREEN PARK fort green 1-6pm
sept 20 McCAREN PARK williamsburg 1- 6pm
sept 27 HARLEM 1-6pm
Oct 25th TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK 2-7pm
Nov 1 WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK 1-6pm
Be a part of the community that is changing the way people perceive art and activism!
Our Brothers and Sisters from New York at NoLA Shines and Slightly Askew made the following video!
And then there's WE THREE KINGS
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