First hand view of Katrina comes to UWGB
Danielle Butz
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: Entertainment
Guidelines and rules are needed when going into a natural disaster as an artist. Strembicki used many rules when taking on the Katrina disaster.
For example, only places where the public were allowed was where Strembicki engaged.
"I didn't feel comfortable, or that it was my place to go into private homes, and peruse items that weren't mine, yet if two of the four walls were down, I felt that I could take pictures from the outside of the home," Strembicki said.
White, a speech therapist, involves herself in the show by introducing her audio works into the art show.
Some of the other interviews include a neighborhood lady, homeless man, jazz musician from Musician Village in the upper Ninth Ward, and a man who worked in Mississippi.
"I interviewed a man who worked with recovery efforts in Mississippi, which also was hit by Katrina, which most people forget," White said. "People are still struggling. The audio works series gives an insight on what is happening now. I don't feel that people realize that even though two and half years later, what people have to deal with daily."
For example, only places where the public were allowed was where Strembicki engaged.
"I didn't feel comfortable, or that it was my place to go into private homes, and peruse items that weren't mine, yet if two of the four walls were down, I felt that I could take pictures from the outside of the home," Strembicki said.
White, a speech therapist, involves herself in the show by introducing her audio works into the art show.
Some of the other interviews include a neighborhood lady, homeless man, jazz musician from Musician Village in the upper Ninth Ward, and a man who worked in Mississippi.
"I interviewed a man who worked with recovery efforts in Mississippi, which also was hit by Katrina, which most people forget," White said. "People are still struggling. The audio works series gives an insight on what is happening now. I don't feel that people realize that even though two and half years later, what people have to deal with daily."
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