January 11th, 2020
New OrlEans, LA, USA
LED BY Dave Greber
New Orleans Purchase
Walkshop led by Dave Greber
Walkshop #22 lead participants on a walk through the Central Business District for a unique LARP (Live Action Role Play). Using a loose narrative that encouraged play and absurdity, participants investigated a variety of potential futures by embodying characters which represented the interests of diverse industries. Inspired by exercises featured in Borrowing Positions, a publication from the Trojan Horse Collective, in Helsinki, participants explored temporary roles that gave them the freedom to reimagine infrastructure, relationships to our resources, and our environmental futures. The premise was the following: “Facing bankruptcy and environmental disaster, the United States has sold the city of New Orleans to a foreign private investor group. The sale was executed in private without knowledge of the general public. This walk will be the investors' first experience setting foot in New Orleans after the purchase, and we have no prior understanding of the culture or history of the city. We will discuss our initial impressions of the existing city and ideas to develop or dismantle existing institutions to get the highest return on our investment.”
Dave Greber (b. 1982, Philadelphia) is an installation artist who offers a mystic reading of contemporary archetypes using video and sculpture. He began exhibiting artwork as a member of New Orleans-based collective, The Front, and has been featured in Crystal Bridges’ State of the Art, Lorna Mills’ Ways of Something (Dreamlands, Whitney Museum of American Art), C24 Gallery’s Double Crescent, Sculpture Month Houston, and solo exhibits with the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans. He was commissioned by MTA Arts and Design to create a 52-channel video installation, which played throughout the Fulton Center Transportation Hub, in Lower Manhattan (2018-19). He has participated in many studio residencies in Norway, Russia and Estonia and he is now in residence with Scandy, an app-developer in New Orleans. Currently, he resides in New Orleans and works for the Joan Mitchell Center and Tulane University.
DETAILS
Start Time: 2 pm
Duration: 2h
Clothing: Sturdy walking shoes and appropriate clothing. It may be cold, so please wear layers.
