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February 15, 2006
Orf's Immolation Closes Mardi Gras, New Orleans
ORF'S IMMOLATION, a ritual act of protest and purification, presented by the US Department of Art & Technology as the closing event of Mardi Gras, New Orleans, February 28, 2006, 10pm - 12:00 am CST. ORF'S IMMOLATION will be executed by Los Angeles tenor Charles Lane.
US DAT is leading an ambitious artistic response mobilization at Mardi Gras to confront deteriorating social and political conditions in America that have led to the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. US DAT will stage Orf's Immolation at Jackson Square in the French Quarter culminating a one-hour multimedia walkthrough from Washington Park in the Marigny Triangle. Images of the hurricane and its aftermath will be projected on the caped figure of Orf while he sings classic American songs of defiance, catharsis, and rebirth. The US Department of Art & Technology is vigilant in its efforts to recover and reclaim what is sacred and what is at risk, what is fragile in the unique culture of New Orleans.
Posted by the Secretary-at-Large at February 15, 2006 09:28 PM