Malaika has a fantastic programme of events planned for the Community Outreach component of her residency with FRESH MILK! Take a look at the poster to see what she has in store.
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FRESH MILK IX Photographs
On Thursday November 29th 2012, FRESH MILK IX was held at the Milking Parlour Studio, and it was truly an inspiring event.
The night began with a performance by our artist in residence Alberta Whittle, who showcased ‘Hustle de Money – a Performance by Bertie aka Big Red aka General outta Glitter Zone.’ The interactive performance and accompanying installation explored identity as defined primarily through gender and sexuality. Thank you for a great performance, Alberta!
Following this, the visiting team from the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) gave a presentation. David Bade, Tirzo Martha and Erik Habets introduced the organization, and students Dominic Schmetz, Kristel Rigaud and Rashid Pieter shared their own practices.
Running all night, we also had the FRESH Exhibition and art sale, featuring work from Alicia Alleyne, Evan Avery, Tracey Chan, Shanika Grimes, Versia Harris, Katherine Kennedy and Rodell Warner.
The exhibition and sale is still up, remember to email freshmilkbarbados@gmail.com to book an appointment to view and purchase some work. Support the local arts community this Christmas!
All Photographs © Dondré Trotman.
Alberta Whittle’s Residency Blog
Alberta Whittle has a new post up on her blog about how her residency at FRESH MILK has been progressing:
In the neighbourhood where I grew up, I always used to see shoes suspended from telephone wires. I was always drawn to these shoes and instinctively wanted to retrieve them and take them home with me. Mainly sneakers, but of varying hues, sizes, brands and stages of deterioration. They never seemed to truly age, but marked territory and memory for the community in some way. I don’t remember what I hoped to do with them, but there was value or symbolism these shoes were imbued with that called to me. When I mentioned them to my sister, she said shoes dangling from the wire signified that drugs were peddled in this area. Hence, these shoes adopted a different meaning for me and became an image of demarcation of space, as much as of gang culture.
Bronzing the shoes refers to their symbolism as a signifier of a specific rite of passage, where shoes are appropriated by members of a community to represent a commodity and a zone. I intend to situate these newly-bronzed shoes in a similar frame to create an urban shrine to the invented realities suggested by the fete posters. – Alberta Whittle
Follow her blog at http://albertawhittlenavigation.blogspot.com/, and remember to come out to FRESH MILK IX next week Thursday, November 29th at 7pm to see her performance and more!
FRESH MILK IX
Come out to FRESH MILK IX (free) and enjoy performances by Fresh Milk’s Artist-in-Residence, Alberta Whittle. And meet and talk with artists from the Instituto Buena Bista in Curaçao. For more information, email us at freshmilkbarbados@gmail.com.
Pictures from FRESH MILK VIII in collaboration with the Alliance Française de Bridgetown
Fresh Milk is delighted to share photographs with you all from FRESH MILK VIII, which was held in collaboration with the Alliance Française de Bridgetown. The evening began with a powerful spoken word performance by Adrian Green, followed by the heart wrenching and thought provoking documentary by Iara Lee, Cultures of Resistance. The reactions to the film by panelists France Langlois, Tatiana Flores and Adrian Green, not to mention the impassioned contributions from the audience, are testimony to the impact felt by all who attended.
All Photographs © Dondré Trotman http://www.dondretrotman.com/
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