Eco-artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée has work up alongside Prospect.2 at Longue Vue House and Gardens, with a show entitled Audubon’s Absence. Brandon has meticulously removed the depicted birds from actual historical John James Audubon prints, cut from original editions at the point in history when the species went extinct.
The show is free and open to the public.
above: RIP Carolina Parakeet. 2009.
If you missed it, here is a beautiful video capturing the ppening night performance of The Music Box: A Shantytown Sound Laboratory, organized by New Orleans Airlift.
Video produced by New Orleans-based Tungsten Monkey.
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Get out and see the International Art Prospect.2 New Orleans exhibitions. 26 artists as well as countless Satellite spaces are open to explore. More info at Prospect.2 New Orleans.
Jennifer Steinkamp is an installation artist who works with video and new media in order to explore ideas about architectural space, motion, and perception.
Her Prospect.2 installation at the New Orleans Museum of Art is on view in the Grand Hall through Jan. 29th.
above: stills from The Vanquished. 2011.
New Orleans native and political-art maker, Dan Tague, is currently showing as part of Prospect.2 at the Contemporary Arts Center. Go see it!
image: American Muscle. 2011. Courtesy of Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.