Revacuation

by Brad Benischek

Following Hurricane Katrina, what next? New Orlean's artist Brad Benischek tells that story via swirling graphics, symbolic imagery, and the language of recovery amid chaos and hope. This is a work of critical importance to understanding the aftermath of Katrina through the eyes of those who lived there, survived, escaped, and then came back home again to pick up the pieces.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting contribution to the body of literature springing from the Katrina disaster. Equal parts street art and fever dream, the residents and occupiers of New Orleans, post-Katrina, become anthropomorphized factions in a war against the middle; what that middle is is obviously different, given the perspective of the group in question. What is the same is the emotional toll of the event, and this book -- told by someone who lived it -- captures that.