D'Amour

Ms. D'Amour created the piece with her PearlD'Amour collaborator, Katie Pearl, as well as the visual artist Shawn Hall, two sound designers, two lighting designers, 11 builders and three "rangers" who orientate audience members to the forest.

A Forest for the Trees Lizzie Simon 2011

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, the winds demolished a small forest of century-old pine trees at the family home of Obie Award-winning theater artist Lisa D'Amour, in Covington, La.

A Forest for the Trees Lizzie Simon 2011

While nothing, including "How to Build a Forest," can replace the fallen trees of her youth, Ms. D'Amour said she's gained "a widening of perspective about how my family is connected to the larger ecosystem" through working on the piece.

A Forest for the Trees Lizzie Simon 2011

While nothing, including "How to Build a Forest," can replace the fallen trees of her youth, Ms. D'Amour said she's gained "a widening of perspective about how my family is connected to the larger ecosystem" through working on the piece.

A Forest for the Trees Lizzie Simon 2011

Ms. D'Amour created the piece with her PearlD'Amour collaborator, Katie Pearl, as well as the visual artist Shawn Hall, two sound designers, two lighting designers, 11 builders and three "rangers" who orientate audience members to the forest.

A Forest for the Trees Lizzie Simon 2011

Then, in 1982, Away formed Voivod with singer Denis "Snake" Bélanger, bass-player Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault and guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour.

Voivod and the 1984 demo tape that changed heavy metal 2012

Some of the art reinforces the stereotype of the abject queer, eager to be physically imprisoned and abused to obtain sex--including Jean Genet's landmark film, Un Chant D'Amour.

G. Roger Denson: Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left G. Roger Denson 2011

Some of the art reinforces the stereotype of the abject queer, eager to be physically imprisoned and abused to obtain sex--including Jean Genet's landmark film, Un Chant D'Amour.

G. Roger Denson: Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left G. Roger Denson 2011

Voivod have released a further 11 albums – including 1986's magnificently titled Rrröööaaarrr – in the last 27 years, two since the death of Denis D'Amour in 2005.

Voivod and the 1984 demo tape that changed heavy metal 2012

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, the winds demolished a small forest of century-old pine trees at the family home of Obie Award-winning theater artist Lisa D'Amour, in Covington, La.

A Forest for the Trees Lizzie Simon 2011