Monday, April 2, 2007

Re-Dressing New Orleans

Carole Frances Lung

After my most recent stay in post-Katrina New Orleans, I realized a tool for rebuilding everyday life in the city of New Orleans is commemorating the loss. With this in mind I will implement the portable garment reconstruction unit (a bike powered portable sewing machine) and ride from FEMA trailer to FEMA trailer in Gentilly neighborhood, asking residents to describe a lost garment, then I will rebuild the garment and leave it with them. The artifacts of the project: portable garment reconstruction unit, fabric remnants, patterns and suitcase with blue tarp reproductions of the garments will available for engagement during the exhibition.

The project takes place May 15-June 13, New Orleans, LA in the Gentilly neighborhood/8th ward.

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