The annual digital publication
Faire Monde(s) has sent out its second call for contributions for the issue to be published online in December 2021. Here are excerpts. For full guidelines, visit
Our aim is to provide a broader aesthetic and critical reflection on the Caribbean context, its specificities or its similarities with global production, and to reflect on artistic practices from all continents. For this second issue, the theme is: “The momentum of communities: how the Diverse dialogues with the All.”
In a global context, numerous socially committed people’s initiatives, supported by an artistic concept of commitment, are appearing on many peripheries. Art is therefore reaffirming itself as a genuine system for social transformation. The Arte Util project by Cuban artist Tania Bruguera brings together a number of artists’ collectives involved in local approaches. These actions are generally based on self-organisation approaches. “Self-organisation is the hall
Aica Caraïbe du Sud’s series “
In the process” will have another conversation (the third in the series) on Saturday, February 27,
2021, starting at 1:00pm AST in Martinique (12:00 noon EST, and 6:00pm in mainland France) on the AICA-SC YouTube and Facebook page. The third interview of the series
In the Process brings together Caribbean artists Gwladys Gambia, Kelly Sinnapah-Mary, Louisa Marajo, and Tessa Mars, with independent curators Barbara Prezeau-Stephenson and Matilde dos Santos. The program will be in French and will include a Q&A session. See more on the artists below.
Description:
In the Process is an online interview series developed by Aica Caraïbe du Sud [Aica South Caribbean] an inter-regional section of the International Association of Art Critics [Association internationale des critiques d’art]. Join our members as they highlight the work of artists from the Caribbean. These interviews deepen the ideas and experiences of the creators. Discover a glimpse
Gérald Alexis (
Aica Caraïbe du Sud) discusses the work of Haitian-born artist Tessa Mars underlining what makes the artist so unique. Here are excerpts translated from the original article.
Before Tessa Mars (1985 -), very rarely had we seen self-portraits of women in Haiti. Even rarer was the use of their naked bodies. We have certainly seen the Maillol series by Rose Marie Desruisseau
[for all related footnotes, see original article at
Aica Caraïbe du Sud] that her friends considered to be self-portraits in which she replaced the body of the model Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) with her own. What then makes Tessa Mars’ images so unique?