Accept that people, like weather, can change. That after disaster flattens everything bare, a community can come together, start over, and become something even better.
Rebirth: Field Notes on Loss and Belonging
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The Art of Living in the Tropics—Part I: An Art of Survival?
By Dr Ian Bethell-Bennett. The University of The Bahamas. The savagery of hurricanes is clear as people struggle to recover and survive. This is the first of a three-part series that journeys through and to the Southern Bahamas, to Ragged Island. It is an exploration of connectivity, innovation and cultural erasure meeting with opportunity, though not for all. As a part of the content for The Bahamas pavilion at the Expo 2020 “Connecting Minds Creating the Future”, to be held in Dubai United Arab Emirates beginning on 20th October 2020, a group of researchers sought to collect data and stories of life in the tropics. The focus will be revealed as the stories unfold. With the theme of sustainability, the question becomes: can any of us be truly sustainable in a cultural reality that threatens erasure through natural and man-made situations?
Aftermath: Field Notes on Loss and Belonging
When we reached Duncan Town, Aunty Mary’s mouth fell open in horror as a different island fumbled into view.
The Wisdom of Amos Ferguson: Reflections on “Hard Mouth: From the Tongue of the Ocean”
By: Ethan Knowles A language can do much more than greet and give directions. It can unite or it can [...]
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Art Centering Woman: HARD MOUT’ GYAL, GOT A TONGUE LIKE THE OCEAN
By Dr Ian Bethell-Bennett, University of The Bahamas Centering woman, Tongue could cut, sharp, and leave lasting hurt. Switch does [...]
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A Body Of My Own: Anina Major reclaims the body
By Letitia M. Pratt In the past few months, there have been four reported incidents of sexual assault in Nassau: [...]
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The Problems of Paradise: Thoughts on Traversing the Picturesque
By Dr Ian Bethell-Bennett Paradise is beautiful. A space filled with art, colour, diversity, pleasure, and adventure. Paradise has become [...]
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Are We One With Nature? G. Paul Dorfmuller’s Nassau Corner
By Letitia M. Pratt Recently, National Geographic published an article on their website acknowledging their racist coverage of colonised countries [...]
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The Moving Image: The First Turn of the Revolution
NAGB and LUX Scotland partnered with the British Council to produce a series of short and experimental films that highlight a history of moving image expression through hard-to-have conversations about race, indigeneity, and belonging.
Troubling Narratives: This is How We Suffer to Remain
“We Suffer to Remain” is a collaborative exhibition whose seed was sprouted in November 2015, when I was invited to be a part of a curatorial cohort that visited Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland, as a part of the British Council expanding and investing in the emerging and burgeoning visual art ecology in the Caribbean. This meeting set an idea in motion about how institutions in the Caribbean can start thinking in new ways about partnerships and collaborations that, 20 years ago, might not have been possible. The Caribbean as a creative space continues to flourish in its liminality, continues to grow and inspire globally as a cornerstone of excellence but, unfortunately, also continues to be a perpetual site of extraction, exhaustion and removal. Perhaps one needs to be alone with these words to understand the gravitas and the generational weight of our inheritance.