Self-funded travel on a tight to squeaking budget
After food, medicines and utilities, and bus money, what’s left goes towards the next trip. Travel is my only vice
Art to heal hurricane and other trauma
“Art is a way to make visible how we feel and how we process our trauma”
Kalevala-inspired artwork
I compared Jookootoo I—a poem by Christopher De Riggs, with Kalevala, the Finnish national epic poem which inspired Finnish artists and bolstered Finnish identity, while I created new work during my time in Helsinki
Cable Factory: The place for art and artists
My short time at Cable Factory has been stimulating; looking forward to translating everything I’ve learned and discovered into some form of art
Lenka’s story: Everydayness of collecting animals and people
Similar tragedies are part of the historical colonial narrative—the everydayness of collecting animals and people, and relocating them in the name of science, amusement, trade or plain spite
A Grenadian artist in Helsinki
I am presently in Helsinki, well known for its art, culture and architecture, and, at least 100 innovations. Not a bad place to regroup after opening my work at the Venice Biennale
At home and comforted by work at Uganda pavilion
I felt at home and comforted by the work at the Uganda pavilion; it was familiar, but speaking its unique tongue, while transporting me from Venice to my childhood in its presentation
McKenzie, Thoreau and A Patch of Bare Earth
Today I republished A Patch of Bare Earth with McKenzie’s full review (with permission from him and Caribbean Quarterly), in Kindle and print formats
Black Spartacus, Haiti and Grenada in Prague
Who knew that reading Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture while nibbling on a banana in a garden in Prague, would connect Haiti and Grenada
A cacao/cocoa/chocolate lesson from the Congo
Perhaps artists in Grenada can utilise this local commodity to produce earth-grown Grenada art that speaks to our land history and heritage, and add to the conversation on reparations