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Presenting my new performative manifestation - Sonic Solaris - an early morning intervention amongst the Ficus and CannonBall Arboreals in the verdant Queens Park Savannah in Port of Spain - Trinidad . A magnificent cosmic interplay connecting the rising sun , primal incantations , floral olfactorics gesture and meditation .

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In conversations with artist Quinsy Gario from which this work has emerged , I am honoured to have been an invitee in the Sustaining The Otherwise -STO- , a very dynamic major international residency and workshop project collaborating with major art platforms in Africa and the Caribbean Diaspora .

This sphere of the program was hosted by Alice Yard POS - Trinidad & Tobago with the thematic Carnival as a Conjuring of History and Memory - February 2025 several art activations took place in various locations in POS by invited international artists from Africa , Europe and Trinidad in preparation for the multilocational exhibition and public program which will take place in 2026.

"With the topic of ‘carnival and the carnivalesque’ as a point of entry for critical engagement, we seek to explore the importance of mask making in relation to artistic practices within the region, and in relation to West Africa. ---'we will address the notion of ‘a carnival space’, touching on topics of ritual/memory, history/memory in relation to thinking about carnival as a conjuring of history and memory, highlighting the links between these topics/practices within a Caribbean context and as understood in relation to Africa."  

-I would like to thank and acknowledge the efforts of everyone involved :

International Artists :

Jelili Atiku

Robert Young

Syowia Kyambi

Amanda T. Mc Intyre

Luanda Carneiro Jacoel

Shari Petti

Quinsy Gario

A k u z u r u

Curators / co founders STO:

Amal AlHaag

Selene Wendt

Produced and hosted by Alice Yard co-directors :

Sean Leonard

Christopher Cozier

Shannon Alonzo

Kriston Chen

Nicholas Laughlin

Producer :

Marielle Forbes @baseline.projects

Photographers :

Elechi Todd

Marlon Rouse

Maria Nunes

Contributions :

Shanice Smith

Arnaldo James

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