On my home island of Saint-Martin, creole gardens known for their healing and magical powers (secretly used by slaves) are today in danger. After each major Cat 5 hurricane, they are slowly replaced by concrete cities with a goal to protect against the rising sea level.
Ethno Spirits honors the Mondes Nouveaux award which speaks about a futuristic creole garden filled with human hybrids and bioluminescent species with protective & magical properties. The site-specific work aims to bring awareness to the disappearance of this natural heritage caused by natural disasters and globalization. It also reflects on industrial contamination of banana fields with the Chlordecone pesticide that has been used for the past 40 years.
On my home island of Saint-Martin, creole gardens known for their healing and magical powers (secretly used by slaves) are today in danger. After each major Cat 5 hurricane, they are slowly replaced by concrete cities with a goal to protect against the rising sea level.
Ethno Spirits honors the Mondes Nouveaux award which speaks about a futuristic creole garden filled with human hybrids and bioluminescent species with protective & magical properties. The site-specific work aims to bring awareness to the disappearance of this natural heritage caused by natural disasters and globalization. It also reflects on industrial contamination of banana fields with the Chlordecone pesticide that has been used for the past 40 years.
This is an ongoing genocide where the land, seashores, local agriculture, and food are contaminated. Furthermore, Guadeloupe and Martinique hold the world record of prostate and breast cancer. The Chlordecone molecule is indestructible and will take between 500-700 years to leave the land. But where will it go? Have you guessed?
