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A string of sonic prayer flags \u2014voices and sounds from New Orleans and Bayou Road, the oldest street in the city. Local visionaries, neighborhood entrepreneurs, artists, skate boarders, civil rights activists, musicians, teachers, and more. Listening to the sounds and moods of the City.

We\u2019ve been recording in New Orleans lately for a project we\u2019re doing as part of
\nProspect 4 \u2013 an exhibit of works by artists from around the world who\u2019ve been invited to create events and artworks throughout the city. The first Prospect New Orleans was created in the aftermath of Katrina \u2013 exploring the role of art and artists in the rebuilding of the city. The theme of this fourth Prospect is \u201cThe Artist in Spite of the Swamp\u201d.

Our project is called \u201cLevee Stream\u201d a five-hour live, street-corner pop-up Cadillac radio station installation on Bayou Road.\xa0We\u2019re \xa0collaborating with the Houston based artists collective Otabenga Jones \u2013 Jamal Cyrus, Jabari Anderson and associates-- who have created a cut-in-half pink Cadillac, with giant speakers in the trunk, and a white plush leather upholstered back seat (which now is the front seat because the car has been cut in half!) where guests can sit and converse and be interviewed live on the air \u2014 it\u2019s a roving radio station that\u2019s toured to neighborhoods in Houston and Brooklyn \u2013 and now New Orleans. The event will take place on Bayou Road and the stories, prayer flags, videos and images will be online at kitchensisters.org and Prospectneworleans.org.