Dirt Drive
June 26th, 2006Well, the Dirt Drive has ended.
The Dirt Drive was Adam’s conceptual art project that called for donations of dirt from all over the country to be sent here and symbolically added to our levees to bolster them. He started this project soon after we returned to New Orleans in October, and I gotta say candidly that I’m a little sad it’s over.
I think the Dirt Drive is still very timely and relevant: our levees aren’t up to par, it’s hurricane season, information about the Corps of Engineers continues to be brought to light, etc. But I understand that Adam feels done with it; that’s how it goes sometimes. And there is more pressing work to be done getting our gallery ready…although it’s looking very fine and taking shape beyond what I imagined.
So, here’s a picture from the site of Adam sprinkling dirt on the levees:
It’s in the final post which you can find in the “reviews and pictures” section of the Dirt Drive site.
So long, Dirt Drive.
-Amy
PS If you have a comment about the Dirt Drive, we’d love it if you posted it here!
What a fantastic idea! I wish I had known before now about your blog and project. I would have posted it on mine. Actually, I love the art you feature here. Would you consider allowing me to do a post? I do a “Art & Music” feature on my blog. Please visit and see if it’s a fit for you.
You can shoot me an email if you wish.
Love the blog. (Alan’s great, huh?!)
Thanks, TravelingMermaid.
I was just perusing your blog…I can’t believe how many great local ones there are, yours included! Lately, I’ve been spending about an hour every morning reading new posts from all the ones I subscribe to in my Google Reader. (Alan taught me about the G.R.- thanks, Alan!) It’s better than the newspaper, which we can’t get delivered anyway because it gets stolen off the street.
We would love for you to post about Adam’s art, thanks!