Art like fashion is by nature impermanent, but it can be difficult for art to contemplate the nature of its own
impermanence. The installation at the Kitchen by Pearl Damour does both. The artists were inspired by Katrina and the destruction that was wrought not just on communities but on nature. During the storm more than a hundred trees were uprooted on Damour's property, Both last weekend and this upcoming weekend, the
artist collective Pearl Damour will construct a forest in the Kitchen gallery space, between the hours of 2 and 10.
The forest only reaches full growth for a brief window of thirty minutes, at 8 pm each day. During this time the artists stop building and interact, trying make the forest move, before taking it down. This piece strikes me because it seems like the impossible and useless, valueless play of children and devalued craft.
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