Chalmatia (shall-MAY-shuh): A Fictional Place Down the Road

Contemporary Arts Center

This original exhibition by New Orleans-based Daneeta Jackson and Patrick Jackson — collectively known as The Elektrik Zoo — uses photographs, film, text, and three-dimensional objects to portray a fictionalized community called Chalmatia as it exists over time on the outskirts of New Orleans. Chalmatia’s fractured landscape encompasses broken strip… More