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Floodwall is an art installation by Jana Napoli of drawers salvaged in New Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, link (1)[1]

Floodwall was made in an attempt to give voice to the silence of a city in ruin and a people in diaspora.(2)

In 2005 two months after Hurricane Katrina and the collapse of the levee system had ravaged her native city, Jana Napoli began collecting the remnants of people’s lives cast out on the sidewalks. The lost drawers represented the radical obliteration of their past. She retrieved 750 drawers from dressers, kitchen cabinets, desks and bureaus, The empty drawers were cleaned, the addresses of the houses were marked on the back. The contents that remained were then photographed. The resulting objects along with the recorded oral histories make up the installation. Floodwall asks the questio to us all...what price are we willing to pay for the protection of the intimacy of our households? Construction Napoli has constructed her installation in several ways. Most often it stands as a monumental wall, 8 feet tall and stretching as much as 192 feet. It has been arrayed on the floor like tombstones in a cemetery,as a memorial and also configured as a room that envelops the spectator.

The installation has been used as a setting for collaborative theater performances, for singing and dance.

Configurations The installation has had many different configurations depending on the site, for diagrams:[2]

[edit] Oral History

Drawer speaks link - a collection oral histories from the original drawer owners is an on-going project assembling audio recordings of interviews is part of the exhibition. [3] url for list of drawer ownerslink text

[edit] List of installations

Floodwall Installation in Poland New York, New York, World Financial Center,http://www.floodwall.org/exhibition_NY.html

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State Museum,http://www.floodwall.org/exhibition_ATX.html

Austin, Texas, Blanton Art Museum,http://www.floodwall.org/exhibition_ATX.html

Cincinnati, Ohio, Clifton Cultural Arts Center,http://www.floodwall.org/exhibition_CN.html

On Piety, Prospect 1 Biennial, New Orleans, Louisiana, http://www.onpiety.com/

New Orleans, Louisiana, Previously On Piety, an auxiliary exhibition of Prospect One

Bremerhaven, Germany, German Emigration Center, http://www.floodwall.org/exhibition_GM.html

Wroclaw, Poland, Wroclaw National Museum, http://vimeo.com/21070793

Houston, Texas Understanding Water and Before (During) After, Photographers Respond to Katrina, Diverse Works Art Space

Berlin, Germany- On Board of the Kurier Ship,http://vimeo.com/21319695

[edit] Floodwall in the Press

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