The Arts Council of New Orleans held their second annual Luna Fete event earlier this month. This year there were exhibits in a few places: Lafayette Square and up and down Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
The Lafayette Square installation was "The Pool" by Jen Lewin. It has been shown over 30 times since its creation in 2012. Essentially it is a circular area of ground covered in hard plastic discs that people can walk on (kids tend to do a lot of jumping) while the lights change colors under your feet. When Sara and I went there was a small group of women doing a yoga class on the circles (it was strange and annoying because the instructor was speaking into a microphone so everyone had to hear "inhale and exhale" over top of the music that was simultaneously playing). There were folks of all ages taking in the colorful scene and lots of kiddies running around having a blast!
Over off of O.C. Haley Blvd. on the Ashe' Power House Theatre was a display more similar to last year's light show. It was produced by OCUBO, a Portuguese artist studio.
According to an information sign displayed by the projected piece on the theatre there were other exhibits along a few block stretch of O.C. Haley Blvd. Sara and I wandered up and down the street seeing a few things of interest, but honestly I was very confused. There was no one telling people what was going on or encouraging viewers to come and participate. I felt very lost and underwhelmed. I appreciate the point of Luna Fete, but, and I can only speak for myself, I would prefer a lot more guidance with the installations.
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