How To Get Free
Pieced together through collage, video capture, and a spoken poem, artist Kay-Ann Henry presents the intricacies of Afro-religious practices and Jamaica’s particular expression of obeah, pocomania, and kumina.
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Orchid Daze by Lillian Blades at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Blake Belcher reviews Atlanta-based Bahamian artist Lillian Blades’ new work engaging orchids, transplantation, and diaspora at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Fictions More Precious by Rodell Warner at Big Medium, Austin
Natalie Willis Whylly explores memory, colonial archives, and encounter in Rodell Warner’s Fictions More Precious at Big Medium, Austin.
Luis Gabriel Sanabria’s Vejigantes Celebrate Puerto Rico’s Queer Ecologies
As part of our Camouflage series, Alexandra Martinez details the costumed intricacies of Luis Gabriel Sanabria’s Vejigantes in celebration of Puerto Rico’s queer landscape.
Alia Farid: Water Holds a Poetics of Relation
Studying immigration pathways and borderlands, Noah Simblist meditates on the usage of water as a liminal space in the work of Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid.
lost in the seams
Through AI altered voice memos layered over video clips from a visit to Puerto Rico, artist Keysha Rivera reveals her thoughts on making art.
Mira el mar: Reflections on Natalia Lassale-Morillo’s Retiro
In this essay from Treasure, Monica Uszerowicz considers Natalia Lassalle-Morillo’s film Retiro. Translation from English to Spanish by Raquel Salas Rivera.
December 8, 2021
Burnaway’s bi-weekly news roundup includes Barbados’ new Heritage District, Andy Warhol Foundation grantees, and the fate of Charlotesville’s Robert E. Lee statue.
Call for Artists: November 2021
Our monthly round up of calls, residencies, and opportunities includes residencies at Antenna, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, and the Currier Museum of Art.
