“Stories from the Good Earth” treatment:
Posted by Andrea Dupree in Community Art Project, experimental documentary, Houma Regional Arts Council, short films, South Louisiana, video art on August 3, 2011
Swamp-dwellers, bayou-keepers and guardians of a vanishing language guide this journey through the past, present and potential futures of South Louisiana. Shrimp-boats with flags proclaiming allegiance to the Shrimp and the State drift slowly into focus; rocking with the weight of a family stacked four generations deep. Mutant creatures choking in a toxic stew of ancient remains bob into view as the hypnotic mermaid performs her siren song, lulling us deep into her underwater realm. Is this our future, are we the next Atlantis? We brush against a suffocating web of pipelines transporting the blood of the earth. Joyful gatherings ascend the sticky grasp of reality. Pristine wetlands born of ancient deltas are juxtaposed against modern canal-cut acreage. Skeletal cypress stands dot the horizon, bleached white in dark water glowing with a now-familiar sheen. The oily fingerprint of progress stamps out the view of delicate birds drifting through storms- natural and man-made. Ghostly outlines of South Louisiana melt into the void. We question how it got so bad as quickly as we return to our memories of better days….quietly searching for the survival solution.
stay tuned….
The Last Atlantis
Posted by Andrea Dupree in art, inspirations, video art on July 9, 2011
The zeitgeist is electric with speak of South Louisiana as the next Atlantis. Will my beloved home be swept back into the sea in my lifetime? In my son’s?
Jeanine van der Loo and I have begun work on an experimental documentary inspired by this notion. Our project, The Last Atlantis, combines media art, visual art, music and allegory to tell the story of the potential future of South LA.
To develop content and involve the community in the project, we are conducting “in character” interviews with South Louisianans, as if participants were speaking from the future as residents of the “Last Atlantis”. In the interviews participants are asked to speak about why South Louisiana is important, went wrong and caused it to become “Atlantis” and what people in 2011 should do to prevent that from happening. Speakers are depicted as mermaids/men, sea creatures, mutant creatures, wreckage and plants- all set in the underwater world of the “Last Atlantis”. We use handmade paper puppets during the interviews to help people get into character…because puppets are fun! (email andreadupree@hotmail.com to become a resident of the Last Atlantis). Audio from community interviews will be used in the film, along with an original soundtrack created by local musicians (in the works…). A range of techniques (animation, live-action, experimental editing) are being used to create the 30- minute film. In the film, a live-action performance-art-inspired mermaid (the lovely Shannon Eaton) guides viewers on an underwater journey through the sunken remains of South LA to meet talking creatures, plants, and architecture common to South Louisiana. Ceramic sculptures of these characters will be created for use in the film, exhibition and sale. Prints from the film, as well as props and scenic backdrops will also be available for sale (and given as prizes for donors).
The project is inspired by Terrebonne parish’s increasing vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters and the unique culture of South Louisiana. Our goal is to inspire discussion about our artistic methods and the environmental & social issues addressed by the project.
In December 2011 and August 2012 we will present work from the project at the Waterlife Museum and for Jenny Authement’s fine arts classes at L.E. Fletcher. Beginning in January 2012, we will present a series of six public workshops in the media & visual arts techniques used in the project. Artwork from workshops will be presented through the project website (currently under construction) and a gallery show at the Waterlife museum during Fall 2012.
The project is supported, in part, by funds from the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government’s Arts Funding Program as administered by the Houma Regional Arts Council. The project is sponsored by the Bayou Terrebonne Walterlife Museum. We are very thankful for this support!
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Posted by Andrea Dupree in Uncategorized on June 13, 2011
juried art show entry fees = gambling or investing?
va montrer des portraits!
Posted by Andrea Dupree in Uncategorized on June 3, 2011
Isle Dernière LIVE! avec/with Zydecosis
at The Boxer and the Barrel
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7817 Main St.
Houma, LA
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On va jouer avec Zydecosis à The Boxer and the Barrel à Houma! Le Geaux-Geaux Sheaux va danser aussi! Bluebird Art va montrer des portraits!
———– We’re going to play with Zydecosis at The Boxer and the Barrel in Houma! The Geaux-Geaux Sheaux is going to dance too! Bluebird Art is going to show videos! |
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ten years of dancing light
Posted by Andrea Dupree in Uncategorized on May 22, 2011
Today I remembered that it has been ten years since I began creating video art for musicians. Here are three very early videos for the band Chairman Mao (of Thibodaux/Houma). I started work on these in early 2001 and completed an epic 1 hour VHS tape (packaged in boxes covered in shiny silver tape) in 2002 called “A New Horizon” that included these three videos ….probably about 25 tapes exist, total. I created these using my family’s PC and a very simple consumer-based digital editing software called “Pinnacle Home Movie Maker”. I shot all the footage using my Sony Hi8 digital video camera (and re-shot a lot of footage off of my 1970′s era tv set that was fed by a 1990′s VCR). Lot’s of taping and re-taping and wearing out the tapes to get that “look”. The “Surf Thugs Theme” video features re-worked footage from a 1986 dance recital tape of mine. I can’t count the number of times that the heavy editing crashed the computer (which was running on barely 1GB of RAM). Very thankful for my patient mother (who received her M.A. in Computer Science in 1972) and all of her help in explaing the program and inner workings of the computer to me.
Here’s to another ten…
“Low High” by Chairman Mao 2001
The song is “Death of Chairman Mao” by Stephen Berger (www.mylifethroughnoise.com)
performed by Chairman Mao circa 2001-02
You believe your motivation is for a home or a coat of armor?
Money and success are a state of mind
God confusion comes -
they mix you up with water and wine
Now I know why
They mix you up -(and you’re) wondering,
“What do they know???”
and confusion comes
They mix you up just right
Dearest viewers, please note: Andrea Dupree does NOT “worship” the man, agree with philosophies or seek to validate or glorify his actions through this work.
“Surf Thugs Theme” by the Surf Thugs
thought flood
Posted by Andrea Dupree in Uncategorized on May 21, 2011
boys club music scene
making moving moving pictures
floods and fixes
Luis Buñuel in Mexico
fragrant pine needle floors
isolation
quiet chaos
love-hate with simplicity
waste
filling voids with objects
internet as teacher and silent companion
facebook addiction
child joy
Houma’s where the heart is…
Posted by Andrea Dupree in Uncategorized on April 26, 2011
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-LIVE MUSIC!
stage 1 (Memorial Park) 5:00 Ampathy (Acoustic performance) 6:00 Toastbeards 7:00 Don Puebla and the Shawls … Stage 2 (Roussell Street) 4:00 Clay Parker 6:00 Gabriel Deville of the Artisans 7:00 Everyday -Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Bayouwalk -7887 Main Street Open House -Mural Unveiling -Gallery Reception -Outdoor Movie “Mr. Bill gives Shell the Bill”- mockumentary short by Walter Williams; “Oil Story” by Andrea Dupree with audio by Cosmic Reward; “La Terre Est Enflammée” music video for Isle Dernière featuring the Geaux Geaux Sheaux, by Andrea Dupree & Walter Williams; “Monsters” Video Art debut for Don Puebla and the Shawls by Andrea Dupree; “Big Bird’s Birthday”- stop motion video and digital transcription of Fisher-Price® Movie Viewer’s “Big Bird’s Birthday”© from 1971, By April Leonard & James Dupree. This will be followed by a special screening of Glen Pitre’s Belizaire the Cajun to celebrate its 25th anniversary,. Come out and meet the filmmaker! -Arts Walk |
look what the bunny’s bringing
Posted by Andrea Dupree in Uncategorized on April 21, 2011
AVANT CINEMA – a multi media showcase of video installation and short form
> experimental, art and animated cinema on five screens.
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> From the fascinating machinery propelling “…a Bike Porn” (A. Shirley) to
> the metaphysical musings of animated “Soul Cycle” (Y. Huron) and a
> bittersweet tale of lost love one summer in Coney Island (Coney Island
> USA, C. Butta), AVANT CINEMA reaches into the filmic depths with fifteen
> works of movie art that will excite, astonish, and delight audiences on
> April 24th 2011.
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> Contributions of short films and video installation projects from artists
> around the country have been curated by Jocelyn Marquis, who also
> contributes her most recent works to the exhibition. Join us in the
> courtyard for the short film program. Three dedicated gallery spaces
> feature the video installations.
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> Sunday April 24th, 2011 from 7PM – 9PM
> Royal Blend Cafe
> 621 Royal @ Toulouse – New Orleans 70130
> 504-523-2716
> $5 Suggested Donation
> Free Popcorn
> Coffee Drinks available for sale in the cafe
In the courtyard – films by Yuri Huron, SOUL CYCLE; Craig Butta, CONEY
ISLAND USA; Jocelyn Marquis, PLUSH; JR Fleming, DRIFT; Andrea Dupree,
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS; Ryan S Ballard, LOS VAQUEROS PUTREFACTOS; Jocelyn
Marquis, DIFFICULT DEATH (teaser); Lisa Stock, THE QUEEN OF WONDERLAND;
Simone Bailey, ELINORE BEAUREGARD; additional films by Hans Michaud and Cassidy Vare.
Three dedicated galleries feature Video Installations by Andrew Shirley:
“BASED ON A TRUE STORY” A BIKE PORN; Jocelyn Marquis: COLOR FILM DEUX; JR
Fleming: IT
Due to mature content, this show is recommended for audiences 18 or over.
revel
Posted by Andrea Dupree in New Orleans, oil disaster, video art on March 10, 2011
REVEL
March 12, 9p-12a
Michalopoulos Studio
527 Elysian Fields Ave
REVEL is a multi-disciplinary performance salon.
Performing artists and film makers share new and in progress works
to a supportive audience of other artists and local sophisti-cats.
Entre Gratis! (donations gratefully accepted…)
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Featuring:
Sanzenbach and Wallin Ensemble
Improvisational music
Raphaelle O’Neil reads new writing
“The Year of Black and Gold,” one woman’s journey through 2010 (the year the Saint’s win the Super Bowl), in which she finds both true love, and the heartache of witnessing the nation’s worst environmental disaster.
Reese Johanson and Mark Albers
“Graveyard Shift Guitar Hero”, physical theater performance-
Guitar hero leads a security guard and an executive to an unlikely romance, a fight love scene, tango and a museum heist.
Accompaniment by Sanzenbach and Wallin Ensemble
Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre
“iforgot”
www.charddance.org
Andrea Dupree / Bluebird Art and friends
Video Art featuring music of Isle Dernière with go-go dancing by Geaux Geaux Sheax, plus wacko animations of oil stories, dinosaurs, jerky dancing, ladybugs (and more) accompanied by “Mr Bill Gives Shell the Bill” a mockumentary short by Walter Williams.
Isle Dernière
Our Houma / Lafayette friends rocking us at the end of the eve
http://www.islederniere.com/
paper
Posted by Andrea Dupree in art, New Orleans, South Louisiana on March 7, 2011
Living away from Louisiana for most of the year has really made me appreciate the things that I once took for granted about my home state. Today I’m putting the finishing touches on my Mardi Gras day costume (still deciding on a color for it), made from paper “flowers” from my installation at the Voodoo Ballerina Kingcake Soiree. I feel so lucky to live in such a magical place, where its perfectly normal to spend hours working on a grand costume for a Tuesday morning in New Orleans.
