For those that missed it many years ago, Courtney Egan’s  program, Below Sea Level, of film and video relating to Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent Failure of the federal levees that flooded NOLA will be showing at the Og den Museum all day  on Aug 26th, the fifth anniversary of Katrina. A theatrical version (non-dynamic) of my software, Floating will be shown as part of the program. Below is the info:
Film at the O presents Below Sea Level: The Land Inhabited, a daylong screening of films and videos related directly or obliquely to the tragic events of the 2005 hurricane season on the Gulf Coast. The screening is Thurs. Aug. 26, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Museum’s Patrick F. Taylor Library. It is free to Louisiana residents.
Curated by video artist and NOCCA instructor Courtney Egan in collaboration with Ogden Museum Curator of Film Madeleine Molyneaux, the program will be projected continuously throughout the day, allowing visitors to experience the work in various order and combination. The program will include short films by Luisa Dantas, Courtney Egan, Gert Town Hounds-New Orleans Kid Camera Project, Sallie Ann Glassman, Paul Grass, Helen Hill and Paul Gailiunas, Liza Johnson, Brent Joseph, William Sabourin O’Reilly, Royce Osborn, Ivor Shearer, David Sullivan, Phoebe Tooke, José Torres-Tama, 2-Cent Media Collective, Walter Williams and The Yes Men.
What: Below Sea Level: The Land Inhabited film screenings
Day/Time: Thurs. Aug. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Patrick F. Taylor Library. Entrance through Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., New Orleans, La. Admission: Free to Museum members, Louisiana residents with valid id, University of New Orleans students, staff and faculty, and children under 5; $10 general admission; $8 Seniors (65 and over) and Students (with current i.d.); $5 Children 5 to 17.