The Contemporary Arts Center (sic for the English speakers) is a great space for a gallery - this is the view from the second floor (left) but the artwork wasn't great. Except one piece by Radcliffe Bailey. The black head (below left) is just managing to stay above water (as it were) and he is drowning in a sea of piano keys. But as a metaphor, for the slaves coming to New Orleans and the music that followed them down the ages it worked really well for me. Its a big space, twenty square feet or so but very evocative. And I have filmed some performances on the square and on the streets but I have to download them and everything is a bit slow (me too) so I will leave it until I get back to the UK so I can edit them etc. But its been a good, warm strolling down to Lafayette and the CAC. One thing about New Orleans, don't trust the maps, what looks to be five miles on the map turns out to be a five minute walk and what looks like a five minute walk is a left turn at the corner. But all good - I am glad I brought my mandolin because I have been able to work on songs - and somebody even offered me $2 and another said, 'man you sound great...' hey. Happy Monday, this was playing somewhere down the street today:
