More Maps! (Jane, Jesse and Jim & Helene!)

Here's the latest additions:

Memory Maps! (Brian, Cassie, and Craig)

More Memory Maps! Today I head out to look for quotes to print and bind my atlas. It's not too late if you want a page of your own! Email me your list of favorite places on LBI by Wednesday! ohatke@moore.edu

Memory Maps (Anthony and Benn)

So I've been working on the pages for my Memory Atlas of LBI. I have lots of lists of memorable places from lots of people, now I just need to start making the maps. After a week of experimenting I think I have come up with a format that I like for the pages. I will share them as I complete them. I'm working alphabetically, so up first was Anthony Morrow and Benn :)

It's not too late! If you want to be included in the Atlas, send me a list of your favorite places on Long Beach Island and why those spots are important to you! I'll be adding pages for about two more weeks.

Last Summer at Moore

So I'm back in the studios at more for one last summer semester. I've got my space all set up in the studios (AND in the dorm... yes I'm staying in the dorms during the week!) and ready to get to work on my memory atlas. Updates to come!

Fix 1806

Since Sandy swept through the Jersey shore I have been collecting video and photographs to put together a short documentary film. Like so many others on Long Beach Island, my parents needed to gut their flood damaged house in order to rebuild it, but the task was overwhelming. The community of family, friends and neighbors that came from all over the state to help them was amazing and quickly became the focal point of my documentary.

This past weekend, we invited all those volunteers back to LBI to help my parents celebrate their now fully restored home! Just like the night of the demolition we ate in the driveway and even warmed ourselves in front of propane heaters (yes, it was a cold Memorial Day weekend!). At dusk on Saturday night everyone gathered as I premiered my film as a projection directly on the front of the house. It was truly an amazing experience.

Thank you again to all those who came together not on that weekend, but any time throughout the years, because there really wouldn't be much to celebrate in life without a community to celebrate with.

Even Roxy wanted to help say thank you!

Rod and Kim! Rod was even wearing his shirt from the original event!

John and my dad. John rented his island apartment to my parents so they would have someplace close by to stay while the house was being reconstructed.

Watching the sunset from the street end.

After the sun went down it was time to set up for the premiere. Our neighbors even brought over a pop corn machine!

The best seats were in the street, so we temporarily blocked traffic.

The projection on the house worked really well!

Everyone celebrating!

Memory Maps

So I've been working on a documentary about my parents' house for the past several months. It's been somewhat of a secret during production since I'm planning a big premiere party on Memorial Day weekend... I'll be sure to post it here after that.

But I'm also working on another project that is going to accompany the documentary. I'm going to ask all the volunteers that came down to help my parents demolish/rebuild their house to make a list of site-specific memories from LBI. From the list I am going to create a Memory Map for each person. Together, all the maps will form Memory Atlas. I've already asked a few people and started compiling the data. Here's Jaclyn's and Devin's maps...

Snowball

What happens when you take a snowball for a walk? Benn and I did a few weeks ago and I finally finished my movie about our experience. Enjoy!


Snowball from Oz Hatke on Vimeo.