Slavery’s Ephemera |
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Text by Judith Jackson Fossett, Design and Programming by Erik Loyer April 2006 Launch Project |
An interactive essay which stages reflections upon Louisiana plantation culture on a virtual Mississippi river down which key phrases float and run aground, triggering photographic and prose recollections of the region. A collaboration with scholar Judith Jackson Fossett.
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1. Slavery’s Ephemera draws heavily upon photographs taken by the author during recent tours of Louisiana plantations. |
2. Keywords float down a river whose geography is inspired by the Mississippi River, becoming lodged at specific plantation sites along the way. | |
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3. Each “stuck” keyword provides an opportunity to explore images and text about the site. |
4. Images and text pile up on each other in an evocation of the confounding layering of history and myth in present-day Louisiana. |
