Inspired by lesson plans and an especially poignant message, “Have a safe weekend,” left intact on the chalkboard at Colton Middle School since the day Hurricane Katrina struck (see images below), Julia Mandle created a Chalk Shoes performance for Prospect.1 New Orleans.
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Working in collaboration with local students from the International School of Louisiana and using her signature chalk shoes to scuff marks along the pavement, Mandle engaged the public in a large-scale, outdoor drawing. Influenced by the French iteration of hopscotch, Escargot, performers created overlapping spirals in a slow moving procession through the streets of New Orleans. Like outdoor mural painting, this action explored creative ways for students and neighbors to redraw, re-imagine, and transform the abandoned school and surrounding area.
Inspired by lesson plans and an especially poignant message, “Have a safe weekend,” left intact on the chalkboard at Colton Middle School since the day Hurricane Katrina struck (see images below), Julia Mandle created a Chalk Shoes performance for Prospect.1 New Orleans.
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Working in collaboration with local students from the International School of Louisiana and using her signature chalk shoes to scuff marks along the pavement, Mandle engaged the public in a large-scale, outdoor drawing. Influenced by the French iteration of hopscotch, Escargot, performers created overlapping spirals in a slow moving procession through the streets of New Orleans. Like outdoor mural painting, this action explored creative ways for students and neighbors to redraw, re-imagine, and transform the abandoned school and surrounding area.
