Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Discarded New Orleans refrigerators and the magnets they once wore.
About the NOLAFridge Project
The magnets and images on this blog were collected from the faces of discarded New Orleans refrigerators between October of 2005 and the Spring of 2006. I did not have the owners' permission to take these objects. They were discarded, but I imagine that in many cases, they were not discarded by the magnets' owners. I can only hope that this project tells a story worthy of their loss.
This is not an ideal forum for viewing this objects and images. I am actively searching for a better "home" for their display--ideally an exhibit of Katrina-related ephemera. If you know of any such exhibit, please comment.
This is not an ideal forum for viewing this objects and images. I am actively searching for a better "home" for their display--ideally an exhibit of Katrina-related ephemera. If you know of any such exhibit, please comment.
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(49)
-
▼
April
(27)
- Napoleon Avenue at Baronne Street
- Napoleon Avenue Neutral Ground
- Marengo and LaSalle
- Marengo and LaSalle
- Washington and Baronne
- Washington and S. Robertson
- Claiborne Ave. btwn. Louisiana and Toledano
- Jackson and S. Saratoga
- Peniston St. and Loyola
- 2800 Palmyra Street
- St. Peter and N. Hagan
- 3600 Dumaine Street
- Dumaine Street and Olga
- 1000 Carollton Avenue
- 5200 Marconi Drive
- 2300 Leon C. Simon Blvd.
- 2200 Leon C. Simon Blvd.
- 6300 Franklin Avenue
- 4700 Arts Street
- 4800 Music Street
- 4800 Elysian Fields Avenue
- 2400 North Robertson
- 3500 N. Robertson
- 1300 North Robertson Street
- 5900 North Robertson St.
- 7200 Patricia Street, Arabi
- 5800 Burgundy Street
-
▼
April
(27)
Links
- Andrei Codresceu, "If These Refrigerators Could Talk"
- Chris Rose, "Fridge Over Troubled Waters"
- The Uptown Refrigerator Wars
- Chris Rose on "The Magnet Man"
- NPR on Refrigerator Cleanup
- NPR on Icebox Art
- The Center for Public Environmental Oversight on Refrigerator Waste
- MSNBC on 'A Putrid Task'
- The Columbia Journalism Review on 'Put This One on Ice'
- Abram Himelstein on 'The Land of Refrigerators and No Children'
- The National Resources Defense Council on New Orleans Trash
1 comment:
The Splendor of the Ottoman Sultans magnet took me back to my childhood. I was born in New Orleans, but grew up in Memphis and went to see that exhibit when I was in the fifth grade. I dressed up and everything because, in my mind, I was going to see royalty.
I just thought about that field trip the other day and all the jewels that were on display, especially the massive, uncut ruby that was the highlight of the exhibit. Of course I think it was one of the most fascinating field trips I've ever taken, but I'm a school nerd.
Post a Comment