Posts tagged Andre Bagoo

Douen Islands: Kiskadee

Douen Islands is a performance. As is the act of reading.

Douen IslandsKriston Chen12 April 2016Kiskadee, Andre Bagoo, Alice Yard, Shivanee Ramlochan, Sharon Millar, Breanne McIvor, Peter Christopher, Elisha Bartels, Martine Chow, Candace Thompson, Rodell Warner, Kwasi ShadeComment

Douen Islands: In Forest & Wild Skies

As a child, this I believe is how my spine was born. Alfred Codallo's painting, Folklore (1958) at The National Museum and Art Gallery in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, was an initiation. I believe all Trinidadians go through it. The absolute fear and discomfort that is born from douens buries in our childhood DNA.

Douen IslandsKriston Chen1 August 2014In Forests & Wild Skies, Andre Bagoo, Alice Yard, Sharon Millar, Shivanee RamlochanComment