Butterfly Fans

Shrine of the Divine Negress

  • Status:

    Realised (2009)

  • Institution:

    Havana Biennale Wilfredo Lam Center

  • Technique:

    1000 Hand-fans and installation

  • Thanks:

    Schwules Museum Berlin, Tulip Enterprises (Somos)

  • Support / Sponsors:

    TA Projects, Dr.ReiniKressner MD, IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V.

  • Location:

    Cathedral Suare and Cabanas J

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    Shrine of The Divine Negress No.1

Haitian Pavilion: 58. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Biennale di Venezia

The Spectacle of Tragedy
Haitian-Pavilion-58

  • Status:

    Not realized / *Unofficially canceled (*See PDFs below)

  • Institution:

    Ministère de la culture Haïti / Fondazione la Biennale di Venezia

  • Technique:

    70 Sq.meter Navy Officers Club Annex-room installations: Two (2) video projections + 1 hanging sculpture with strobe lamps + 1 floor-tile artwork. Originally scheduled for 7 May– ±1 September 2019
    *Alternative temporary presentation: Three (3) artworks artworks exhibited in the Lounge & seminar room of Circolo Ufficiali Marina Militare 7–11 May 2019 – Large word-painting + Caribbean Map print + sottobicchiere/coaster multiples + in-situ city public/private performance/action

  • Thanks:

    Albertine Kopp , Caribbean Art Initiative, Basel CH
    Rebecca Eigen, Caribbean Art Initiative, Basel CH
    Mara Sartore, Lightbox Group, Venezia IT
    Caryl Ivrisse-Crochemar, éspace d'art contemporain 14°N 61°W, Martinique FWI

  • Support / Sponsors:

    Caribbean Art Initiative, Basel, CH. (Haiti Pavilion /Caribbean Art Salon)
    Lightbox Group, IT. (Caribbean Art Salon)
    FOKAL, Haiti (Caribbean Art Salon)
    Institute français (Caribbean Art Salon)

  • Location:

    Circolo Ufficiali Marina Militare *Annex (Navy Officers Club) , Fondamenta Arsenale, Venice Italy
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Haitian Pavilion: 56. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Biennale di Venezia

The Goddess Constellations Sky Above Port au prince Haiti 12Jan2010 21:53 UTC
Factsheet 56 Venice Biennale

  • Status:

    Not Realised (2015)

  • Institution:

    MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE HAÏTI / Fondazione la Biennale di Venezia

  • Technique:

    Art Installation in Church Ruin and crushed artwork memento edition

  • Thanks:

    Dr. Marco dell'Omodarme

  • Support / Sponsors:

    (production) Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort NL

  • Location:

    Venice, Italy
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Amour Colère Folie

A Temporary Monument to Resistance

  • Status:

    Realised (2013)

  • Institution:

    BIAC Biennale internationale d'art Contemporain Martinique

  • Technique:

    Concentric barriers (anti-tank, police, construction, security) with protest placards & QRcode(internet links)plaques to resistance actions

  • Thanks:

    Jorge Pineda, Photo credit: Nadia Huggins, Hervé Beuze

  • Support / Sponsors:

    BIAC

  • Location:

    Place de l’Abbey Grégoire(aka Terres Sainville) Fort de France
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Passpoort

The Creative Caribbean Community and Diaspora–Passport

  • Status:

    Realised (2012)

  • Institution:

    Kunsthal KAdE

  • Technique:

    Museum Lobby PopUp Passport Bureau

  • Thanks:

    Udo Feitsma Kunsthal KAdE press

  • Support / Sponsors:

    Kunsthal KAdE

  • Location:

    Amersfoort Netherlands
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BlackOut 2014

Les battements des ailes des papillons peuvent déclencher des tornades au tour du monde

  • Status:

    Realised (2014)

  • Institution:

    Secrétariat Général de la Biennale des Arts de Dakar

  • Technique:

    Various dimensions, Wood and textiles, protest placards censored with various textiles

  • Thanks:

    Dr. Myron Beasley PhD (Dakar Photos)

  • Location:

    Dakar, Senegal
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BlackOut 2012

  • Status:

    Realised (2012)

  • Institution:

    Kulturnetzwerk Neukölln e. V.

  • Technique:

    Various dimensions, Wood and textiles, censored protest placards in public square

  • Thanks:

    Dr. Martin Steffens, Kulturnetzwerk Neukölln e. V.

  • Support / Sponsors:

    Kulturnetzwerk Neukölln e. V.

  • Location:

    Ricardplatz, Berlin Germany
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Butterfly Fans

Shrine of the Divine Negress

  • Status:

    Realised (2009)

  • Institution:

    Havana Biennale Wilfredo Lam Center

  • Technique:

    1000 Hand-fans and installation

  • Thanks:

    Schwules Museum Berlin, Tulip Enterprises (Somos)

  • Support / Sponsors:

    TA Projects, Dr.ReiniKressner MD, IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V.

  • Location:

    Cathedral Suare and Cabanas J
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Voices From The Heart

Billboards

  • Status:

    Realised (2008)

  • Institution:

    NGBK Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst

  • Technique:

    Billboard

  • Thanks:

    Michael Markwick

  • Support / Sponsors:

    NGBK Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst and BVG Berliner Verkehrbetriebe

  • Location:

    U Bahn Bernauer Straße Berlin-Mitte Germany
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Postcards From My Loves Billboards

Negerhosen2000

  • Status:

    Realised (2006)

  • Institution:

    QUIVID & Munich Baureferat (Building Department)

  • Technique:

    Illuminated billboards, digital print on textile

  • Thanks:

    Detlev Pusch puschberlin.de

  • Support / Sponsors:

    QUIVID, WALL GmbH

  • Location:

    SBahn+UBahn Marienplatz Station Munich Germany
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The Passion

  • Status:

    Realised (2006)

  • Institution:

    Munchner Stadtmuseum & Landeshauptstadt Muenchen Kulturreferat

  • Technique:

    Sculpture Material situation strategy

  • Thanks:

    Karen Ernst (Assistant)

  • Support / Sponsors:

    Landeshauptstadt Muenchen Kulturreferat and FIFA

  • Location:

    Public Lobby Munchner Stadtmuseum, Munich Germany
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Beer Coasters

Negerhosen2000

  • Status:

    Realised (2001–2004)

  • Institution:

    Kunstverein Wolfsburg

  • Technique:

    110mm diameter on absorptive board-stock, letterpress and offset printed beercoasters distributed and used in regional beer-gardens, cafes, bars, restaurants

  • Thanks:

    Joe Yamamoto, KATZ GmbH Weisenbach

  • Support / Sponsors:

    Privatbraurerei Wittingen, Volkswagen, Kunstverein Wolfsburg

  • Location:

    Wolfsburg Germany
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The Burqa Project

On The Borders of My Dreams I Encountered My Double's Ghost

  • Status:

    Realized (2002)

  • Institution:

    Lower Manhattan Cultural Council LMCC
    SoX36

  • Technique:

    Textile sculpture displayed on street-side art/culture vitrines *in commemoration of Sept.11 Attacks

  • Thanks:

    Michaela Devcharya Harmann (assistant)

  • Support / Sponsors:

    LMCC

  • Location:

    Orchard Street NY / Oranienstrasse Berlin (Also 2004–2007 Wolfsburg, Rotterdam, Munich, Brooklyn NY)
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Gothik

Negerhosen2000

  • Status:

    Realized (2001)

  • Institution:

    Aktionsforum GmbH

  • Technique:

    375cm x 450 cm (30 panel) Large scale illuminated photo-mural

  • Thanks:

    Alex Désert, Los Angeles CA

  • Support / Sponsors:

    Landeshauptstadt Muenchen Kulturreferat

  • Location:

    Praterinsel Kantine
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