The Spiritual Sound Technologies of Jamaica
Artist and curator Iman Person travels through the sound waves, flora and spirits of Accompong, Jamaica in this essay for the theme of Nonhuman.
Iman Person’s practice explores the ways in which communication, flora, and biological systems can serve as methods to mediate the self and be used to push society toward an expanded understanding of consciousness. Existing as a first-generation woman of Caribbean and African-American descent, Person travels in what feels like numerous blended realities. Her work becomes a channel for how these varied parts of herself and her ancestral knowledge become a transformative force for black and brown voices staking a claim to a more inclusive future.