Takashi Horisaki

Social Dress New Orleans – 730 days after, 2007
Documentation of the production process, on-site at 1941 Caffin Avenue

Social Dress New Orleans – 730 days after is the culmination of a three-month effort at 1941 Caffin Avenue, located in the still-devastated Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood. Appling layer upon layer of latex mixed with paint to the exterior of a house damaged by Hurricane Katrina, then peeling them off after they had dried, Horisaki created a textured 3-D print of the structure. This fabric-like rubber skin was then transported to New York and hung on a steel-and-wire frame, mimicking the shape and dimensions of the original structure. The political and physical struggle to create this work was also documented on Horisaki’s blog at http://www.socialdress.blogspot.com.

The artist is grateful for contributions made by
Socrates Sculpture Park
Rochelle Alfaro
Jessica Bizer
Gerald Cannon
Leon and Terry Christens
Paul Chan
Robert & Sawako Gensure
Max G. Hommel
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
Don Marshall
Materials for the Arts
Robert & Sharon Pettus
Michael Rousey
Community Center of St. Bernard
Lee & Michael White
Jazz Foundation of America
Jazzmobile
and Cementex Latex Corp (10% of total latex)

and for the generosity of
Laura Blereau
Mark Carty
Charisse Celino
John and Debi Christens
Luis Colmenares
Mary Len Costa
Sean Derry
Courtney Egan
Jan Gilbert
Mark Grote
Sharon Lambert
Ambarish Manepalli
Gene Meneray
Ian Rousey
Penny Stallings and Barry Secunda
Abigail Shelton
Glenda Swetson
Richard Tugwell
Elizabeth Underwood
Jurgen Vogt
Stephanie Vu
Brooke Wehner
Bruce Whittaker
Evenstar, Inc.
Loyola University New Orleans
US Army Corps of Engineers
Art Council of New Orleans
Vestiges Project / CAC
P.S. Marcato Elevator Co., Inc.
North of New Orleans
Sweet Home New Orleans
and many anonymous donors

and his onsite super helpers
James Goedert
Tuyen Nguyen
Rebecca Parker
Kyle Throssell
Connie Swann
Kimberly Ajamiseba
Kyle Bravo
Marla Kristicevich
Jenny LeBlanc
David Guevara
Christopher Derris
Stu Hollins
Tuyet Nguyen
Stephanie Parker
Stephen C.M. Quick
Alessandra Molli
John Nguyen
Christina Natividad

for the ongoing support of
Luis Colmenares

and extends special thanks to
his wife, Nina Horisaki-Christens

Thank you also to everyone who contributed to the 2017 BKLYN IMMERSIVE and Social Dress New Orleans preservation campaign! Thank you so much to Tracey Wilson, Rattanamol Singh Johal, Sneha Ganguly, Tamana Araki, Tsukiko Matsuda, nishimurarie, Aki Inomata, RA Friedman, bloodypixy, Kat Ryals, camera.sophia, Miwa Koizumi, Takako Oishi, Jia-Jen Lin, Amy Youngs, Maki Teshima, akiraline, world.flaneur, Masako Shiba, Hidenori Ishii, zhiromi, Kosuke Fujitaka, snjmrkm, Toby Kasper, Laura Blereau, Yuichi Yazaki, Andrew Thompson, Elana Mann, Junya Yamamine, Roseann Weiss, Kyoco Taniyama, Christopher K. Ho, mweinst, Maia Murphy, and many many anonymous donors!