Reflections on Water

Signals Issue.017 :: Subsidence

In planning for 2020 programming, Antenna staff developed the Antenna::Signals thematic arc around water as it relates to drainage, subsidence, infiltration, and retention. These themes encompass our relationships living with water, including the inherent ecological, social, economic, cultural, and political complications and possibilities of creating a more just and sus- tainable future. In this issue, Signals Issue.017 :: Subsidence

Drain

When I say the word “drainage,” what do you think of? Do you think about the rain rushing down the street into the gutter? The way water does or does not flow into and out the city? Or do you think about the drainage of resources? Economic? Environmental? Emotional? Right after Katrina, the population of Drain

Antenna::Signals Issue.016::Drainage

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a city that sits below sea level and is mostly surrounded by water, New Orleans’ relationship to this element will forever be an extremely complex one. These complexities run deep within the city’s multilayered fabric, whether ecologically regarding the roles of structures like the 24 draining pumping stations that work to manage flooding in Antenna::Signals Issue.016::Drainage