Cummings’ and Harper’s great admiration of rebels, artists and activists has not only shaped their lives and friendship, but compelled them to “save” this Banksy from the wrecking ball and taggers who destroyed and defaced 10 of Banksy’s 14 stenciled murals in New Orleans. This 1200-pound work of art is one of four remaining “Bansky’s” from the famous street artist’s 2008 visit to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Cummings and Harper retained a duo of expert conservationists, Michael Davidson and Elise Grenier, to uncover the hidden mural known as “Looters”. They consciously chose not to restore it to its “original” state, but rather as an “authentic architectural artifact”, says Cummings. “There is a patina to this mural. It tells the story of not only of how time has worn on the art but how time wears on New Orleans.”