Prospect.6 Guide: the Future Is Present, the Harbinger Is Home
Historically, New Orleans has been regarded as a city deeply rooted in its past. For Prospect.6, Susan Brennan Co-Artistic Directors Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson posit New Orleans as a globally relevant point of departure for examining our collective future as it relates to climate change, legacies of colonialism, and definitions of belonging and home. Prospect New Orleans is thrilled to open its sixth iteration of the triennial, Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home, opening to the public in New Orleans on Saturday, November 2, 2024 until Sunday, February 2, 2025. Continuing its legacy as the longest-running, citywide contemporary art triennial, P.6 will feature the work of 51 artists spanning approximately 20 venues and unconventional spaces. The vast majority of the works on view will be newly commissioned, with an emphasis on large-scale and ambitious installations in institutional, unconventional, and public spaces. This year will also mark the US debut of internationally-acclaimed works by six of the participating artists.In the spirit of the triennial's city-wide model, this year's presentation will envelop the different neighborhoods of New Orleans, mounting major artistic presentations from world-renowned artists across venues like Newcomb Art Museum, The Ogden Museum, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Harmony Circle, and Contemporary Arts Center. Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home is strongly informed by contributions of living artists, either based in or with ties to Louisiana, such as Hannah Chalew, Thomas Deaton, Christian Ðinh, Abdi Farah, L. Kasimu Harris, Blas Isasi, Ruth Owens, Brooke Pickett, and Ashley Teamer. The triennial also employs the notion of foresight and futurity in New Orleans and places like New Orleans, featuring artists from regions connected to Louisiana through historic paths of forced or voluntary migration and diaspora, including the Caribbean, Central and South America, indigenous North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, to emphasize the very essence of home within an ever-changing environment.