Loup Garou (2008-2010)

Every half hour, Louisiana loses nearly a football field’s worth of coastal marshes to the Gulf of Mexico. Land loss is ubiquitous, occurring even in interior areas. Six major hurricanes in the last four years have exacerbated an already dire situation. In Louisiana, so many of our cultural traditions and industries derive directly from our relationship with the rich waters and swamps that surround us. What will become of those traditions as the land that nurtures them disappears?

Loup Garou was part performance, part ritual, part howl to the world about southeast Louisiana’s plight. We invite you to join us as we sing a song of love and hope for our precarious homeland.

Script: Raymond “Moose” Jackson
Director: Kathy Randels
Design: Jeff Becker
Costumes: Susan Gisleson
Music: Whit & Barbara Connah
Performed by: Nick Slie
Visual Installation by: Phil Cramer, Adam Tourek & Swamp DeVille
Producer Mondo Bizarro, ArtSpot Productions

Photos by Libby Nevinger