The houses that form the unusual art space were already in states of decay when Kirsha Kaechele, the glamorous globe-trotting creator of the project, first adopted them and dedicated them to artistic experimentation. At the time, KKProjects seemed to represent the sort of outside-the-box thinking that could breathe vitality into imperiled historic neighborhoods in the bleak post-Katrina recovery period.Frankly, I don't see the "irony" here. Capitalizing on the misfortune of others is what these people do. Haven't we figured this out yet? I mean her next move was to Australia fer chissakes. How obvious does this pattern need to be?
Now, ironically, the site, between Music and Arts streets, is worse off than it might have been. The spectacular vault door is gone, leaving a gaping cavity in the former art gallery, which a neighbor complains has become a trash-strewn haven for squatters. One of the other art houses has been demolished, though the lot where it stood is still heaped with debris. Two more of the houses are boarded up and tangled with vines.
And also this.
Kaechele said that her boyfriend, David Walsh, a professional gambler, art collector and businessman she met at an art fair in Switzerland, has recently established the Museum of New and Old Art in Tasmania.
She described the remote museum as a trove of everything from ancient Egyptian artifacts to a work by Damien Hirst, the English artist known for his series of dead animals preserved in tanks. The works are all displayed in a sunken four-story bunker. Kaechele says she’ll be living in an apartment accessible through the museum’s mummy room.
Upon which Superdeformed wins the day
How do you even get into that lifestyle? She must be a Super Villain!
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