The soul must often find expression in ways that go beyond the mere words that are used everyday. This is true in hurricane recovery. When there is a monumental incident in an individual or community’s life those affected either personally or as distant grievers is expressed in art. This form of art is known as 'Thanostic art’ The word ‘thanostic’ comes from the word ‘thanos’ which is Greek for death.
At Ohio State University there is a special event September 26th, 2007 from 11:00AM to 6:00PM at the Wexner Center. It will offer ten vignettes of the lives of different residents along the Mississippi coast who suffered and lived out the horrors of the Hurricane Katrina experience. I have not personally seen this artistic rendition but I know from other thanostic art displays it can be some of the most revealing and inspiring means f communicating a poignant truth about life during and after a disaster especially a hurricane.
I hope that at this event and others like it will be not only shared in person on the local and regional levels but can find a way to be made available to the world through the internet. If these 10 vignettes were offered for viewing through a secured disaster contribution manner to help the special disaster needs of Hurricane Katrina survivors then I know I would be the first in line to participate in such a noble cause.
Congrats to Ohio State University and the talented artist Liza Johnson, Ben Mor and Ivor Shearer for their gift of art and the courage to share these consciousness raising presentations to the community at large!
For more information see the following announcement.
Be Safe!
Terrie
Dr. Terrie Modesto, Critical Incident Thanatologist
Artists Respond to Hurricane Katrinahttp://www.osu.edu/events/eventView.php?Event_ID=388901
Event: Artists Respond to Hurricane Katrina
Brooklyn-based Liza Johnson's South of Ten (10 mins., 2006) offers ten vignettes from the everyday lives of residents of coastal Mississippi. New Orleans filmmaker Ivor Shearer's Waterline Simulacrum (32 secs., 2006) is a powerful visual reminder of the extent of damage in New Orleans. One of the first filmmakers to gain access to the catastrophically devasted Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans was Ben Mor, who's based in Los Angeles. His Help is Coming (8 mins., 2006) presents a telling view of the harsh reality that victims of the disaster faced and the empty promises on which they relied.
Date and time: September 26, 2007
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Wexner Center
Contact: Not given
Phone Number: 614-292-3535
Event category: Arts
Event Type: Film
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