Join kai lumumba barrow at Abolition Playground for an informal, early evening gathering for families, neighbors, and friends. Stop by Norman C. Francis Parkway, between Bienville and Canal in your costumes and share a few treats, tricks, and thoughts on what haunts the installation and city of New Orleans.
Details to follow.
About the Installation
Multimedia artist kai lumumba barrow highlights possibilities of reclaiming public space with the work Abolition Playground — a multifaceted project consisting of everyday objects and found materials such as weathered doors, shutters and wooden planks as well as cornmeal, clay, and rubble. These various interventions in the landscape of Norman C. Francis Parkway, between Bienville and Canal, indicate sites of white supremacist systems of control while empowering counter-narratives of navigation, abolition, and play. Click here for more information.
About Artists of Public Memory
Artists of Public Memory is a new public art commission that invites Louisiana-born and/or based contemporary artists to share their visions of how monuments and collective memories can appear and function in our landscape, society, and public space. This initiative marks the first time Prospect has invited Louisiana-based curators and cultural organizations to nominate artists for a public art commission. Distinct from Prospect.6, which is scheduled to open in Fall 2024, Artists of Public Memory represents a key part of Prospect’s commitment to having a broader presence in New Orleans that extends beyond the parameters of the triennial exhibition.
Artists of Public Memory is funded by the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project with additional major funding from the Ford Foundation; the Lambent Foundation Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation; the Wagner Foundation; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Projects will be unveiled throughout 2023 and will include public programming, artist and community talks, youth and educational opportunities, an accompanying publication, and digital resources. Click here for more information.