Allora & Calzadilla
A Man Screaming Is Not a Dancing Bear
2007
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Allora & Calzadilla
A Man Screaming Is Not a Dancing Bear
2007
Physical Qualities
Single-channel video: 16 mm film transferred to high definition digital video (color, sound), Duration: 11:15 min., continuous loop
Credit Line
The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
Object Number
2010.54
Filmed in and around New Orleans in the wake of the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this artwork alternates footage of a storm-ravaged house and the seemingly calm wetlands of the lower Mississippi River Delta. In this home, a Ninth Ward resident transforms the window blinds into a musical instrument.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2010; Gladstone Gallery, NY
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