Yellow Bird, 2026
𝓨𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓭 was a midwinter offering, between a storied Moko Jumbie and myself, about the necropolitics embedded within the Caribbean carnivalesque. Personal on many levels, it involved precious embroideries, my own singing voice, and a lot of preparation and negotiation!
In 2010 I left Trinidad for Fortress Europe, bringing nothing but my radical postcolonial education, rly good looks and a handwritten passport with me. When the arbiters of these cities showed their teeth, I hid my wings, shed my skin and began to sing from somewhere deep and ugly. I've got this pretty bell of a textile object that he wears….
So of course it took a village to put this together - really appreciative of my colleagues, peers & loved-ones who did professional & personal favours to ensure the making of something beautiful. I am looking forward to future iterations of this project with the amazingly talented stiltwalkers I grew up watching, nurtured by, among others,
@1000mokos
Moko Jumbie: 𝒥𝒽𝒶𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒯𝒽ℴ𝓂𝒶𝓈 ℴ𝒻 𝒫ℯ𝓉ℯ𝓇 ℳ𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁’𝓈 𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝒞𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓁ℴℴ 𝒞ℴ𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎
Stilts provided by: ℰ𝒶𝓇𝓁 𝒲𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒥𝓇. / ℬℯ𝒸𝒸𝓎 𝒦ℴ𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔
Performance production assistance: 𝒜𝓃𝓃𝒶-ℒ𝒾𝓈𝒶 𝒮𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓇𝒻ℴ𝓈ℯ, ℛℴ𝒷𝒾𝓃 𝒦ö𝓉𝓏𝓁ℯ
Photography: 𝒟𝒾𝓃𝒶 ℰ𝓁 𝒦𝒶𝒾𝓈𝓎 ℱ𝓇ℯ𝒾𝓂𝓊𝓉𝒽
Video: ℛℴ𝒷𝒾𝓃 𝒦ö𝓉𝓏𝓁ℯ
Text: 𝒮𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃’ 𝒯
Performance Production: 𝒩𝒾𝓀ℴ𝓁𝒶𝓈 ℬ𝓇𝓊𝓂𝓂ℯ𝓇
Curator: ℒ𝒶𝓇𝒶 𝒮𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓇𝓇𝒾ℯ𝒷𝓁ℯ
Institutional Support / Dream Facilitation
VAM: 𝒵𝒾𝓅𝓅ℴ𝓇𝒶 ℰ𝓁𝒹ℯ𝓇𝓈, 𝒦𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓉ℴ𝓌𝓈𝓀𝒾, 𝒥𝒶𝒾𝒸𝓎 𝒮𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓇𝓈
BPA//: 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁ℯ𝓂 𝒹ℯ ℛℴℴ𝒾𝒿, 𝒮𝒾𝓂ℴ𝓃 𝒟ℯ𝓃𝓃𝓎, 𝒜𝓃𝑔ℯ𝓁𝒶 ℬ𝓊𝓁𝓁ℴ𝒸𝒽
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Kunst Raum Mitte
Invaluable Carework
ℬ𝓁𝓊ℯ, ℱ𝒶𝓃𝒶, 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉ℴ𝓅𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒞ℴ𝓏𝒾ℯ𝓇, 𝒞𝒽ℯ ℒℴ𝓋ℯ𝓁𝒶𝒸ℯ, ℒ𝒾𝓈𝒾, 𝒦𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉ℴ𝓃, 𝒜𝓃𝒹ℯ𝓇𝓈ℴ𝓃, 𝒢𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃, 𝒦ℯ𝓋𝒾𝓃, ℳ𝒶𝓀ℯ𝓈𝒾, ℳ𝒶𝓇𝓊, 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓊𝒹𝒾𝒶, 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉ℴ𝓅𝒽ℯ𝓇, 𝒮ℯ𝓁ℴ𝓊, ℬ𝒶𝓇𝒶𝓏𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓈, ℰ𝓇𝓃𝒾ℯ, 𝒜𝓃𝓃ℯ, ℒ𝓊𝒾𝓏𝒶, 𝒥ℴ𝓈ℯ𝒻𝒾𝓃ℯ, 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝒾𝒿𝒶, 𝒫ℯ𝓉ℯ𝓇 & the rest of my lovely BPA// cohort & Mathias.
📸 1,2:
@akielgallina 3,4,5:
@dekf_12053 
