Fractal Being
20 September – 2 November, 2024
Cordova, Barcelona
This exhibition brings together two works that have been made in the studio, in community, in my grandma’s house, in transit, and in reflection. In all these places I’ve been seeking the root. This then became the roots, and has evolved into a desire for defining the placing of my ancestors and elders on the fractal grounds of a Jamaican family lineage. Our lineages are often winding, naturally concentric, and inherently vast with the landings and arrivals of the Jamaican diaspora most prominently being in the UK, Canada, USA, and, least commonly but relevant in my great grandmother’s family’s case, other countries in the Caribbean...
While the Severance From The Spliced Womb series is complete, The stories of her naming; the souls of her Being is ever-evolving and to be ever-added to as more family members are discovered and in turn born. This work is for my family, by my family, and belongs to our family. It is not to be stepped on as this would step on the souls of my ancestors and those living. It is not to be sat on as this would sit on the souls of my ancestors and those living. It is not to be sold as this would sell the souls of my ancestors and those living. It is my most important and personal work to date. And it shall remain so....
Read my exhibition essay in full in ENG / ESP / CAT
The stories of her naming; the souls of her Being, 2024
Sisal and thread
Dimensions variable
Sisal and thread
Dimensions variable
I: Severance From The Spliced Womb, 2024
Anti-climb paint on metal
48 × 46.3 × 3 cm
Anti-climb paint on metal
48 × 46.3 × 3 cm
Photography: Roberto Ruiz