Watch artist Tim Youd retype ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ at NOMA
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Click here to watch the full video Los Angeles performance artist Tim Youd began the process of retyping John Kennedy Toole’s classic “A Confederacy of Dunces” at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Friday (Oct 2). Youd said that essentially he sees the activity as a sort of devotion to… Read More
Artist types, retypes novels onto single sheet in homage to the writing process
By Susan Larson | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here Every book — whether you hold it in your hands on paper or e-reader — begins with a writer alone in a room, writing. Performance artist Tim Youd pays homage to that process in a project called 100 Novels in 10… Read More
Artist types, retypes novels onto single sheet in homage to the writing process
BY SUSAN LARSON | SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The article originally appeared here Every book — whether you hold it in your hands on paper or e-reader — begins with a writer alone in a room, writing. Performance artist Tim Youd pays homage to that process in a project called 100 Novels in 10 Years,… Read More
Performance artist Tim Youd retypes ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ at NOMA
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Starting Friday (October 2) visitors to the New Orleans Museum of Art may hear a clacking noise echoing through the big marble atrium. The gray haired among them will recognize the sound as an old-fashioned typewriter resonating in a second floor gallery. If… Read More
Performance artist Tim Youd retypes ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ at NOMA
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Starting Friday (October 2) visitors to the New Orleans Museum of Art may hear a clacking noise echoing through the big marble atrium. The gray haired among them will recognize the sound as an old-fashioned typewriter resonating in a second floor gallery. If… Read More
Remembering Katrina Through Art
Ten years ago this week New Orleans was under water. A decade later, people who survived the flood are still turning to art to make sense of Hurricane Katrina’s fury. Several of the city’s major museums have acknowledged the anniversary with new exhibits, including one at the New Orleans Museum of Art. As Here &… Read More