A plain white towel covers the entire head of the ShortKnee. This headdress is referred to as being ‘in sheep’s head, a simpler and economically preferred version of a starch-stiffened and wired cloth headdress, a ‘crown’ that is referred to as ‘in goat’s head’. Both...
My exploration of Grenada’s carnival icon, the ShortKnee focuses on translations of other artists’ works featuring pierrot figures, or those dealing with war, migration, desolation and isolation, elements which birthed an unique and iconic masquerade. Chaotic events...
West African masquerade traditions fused with French carnavale elements to produce what is now known in Grenada as the ShortKnee, a masked carnival character wrapped in six and a half yards of vulgar fabric, mirrors, whistles, bells and baby powder -breathtaking in...
2012 – My Chantuelle translations continueChaotic events south of the Sahara and on the streets of Europe, led to a celebration of survival called Carnival, from which, in Grenada the ShortKnee emerged. West African masquerade traditions fused with French carnavale...
