Carts Project

Carts Project

Lower East Side

2019

The Carts Project celebrates the rich culture of Loisaida a Puerto Rican name for the Lower East Side and invites festival goers to participate by mapping out the past and connecting it to the future, where gardens, affordable housing, storefronts and cultural institutions continue to thrive.

The mobile carts carrying sections of the map of Loisaida were dispersed throughout the festival. Each of the carts became an archive of people’s stories and recorded the memories of the struggle for self-determination in the neighborhood. The mobile cart, an eponymous symbol of an informal economy, also brings to attention the constant struggle of low-income immigrant families from institutional pressures.

Project team: Nandini Bagchee, Bethany Herrmann, Rebecca Lausen

Carts Project

Lower East Side

2019

The Carts Project celebrates the rich culture of Loisaida a Puerto Rican name for the Lower East Side and invites festival goers to participate by mapping out the past and connecting it to the future, where gardens, affordable housing, storefronts and cultural institutions continue to thrive.

The mobile carts carrying sections of the map of Loisaida were dispersed throughout the festival. Each of the carts became an archive of people’s stories and recorded the memories of the struggle for self-determination in the neighborhood. The mobile cart, an eponymous symbol of an informal economy, also brings to attention the constant struggle of low-income immigrant families from institutional pressures.

Project team: Nandini Bagchee, Bethany Herrmann, Rebecca Lausen