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
  • Related:

    Internal Links

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

The Spectacle of Tragedy
  • 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

Haitian Pavilion: 56. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Biennale di Venezia

The Goddess Constellations Sky Above Port au prince Haiti 12Jan2010 21:53 UTC
  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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