Photo by Dominique Veerasammy
At the launch of the second issue of the Caribbean Intransit art Journal I performed Dirty Water. It is a piece containing subtle tricks and obscurities as I collect, release and transfer water from four vessels including my own body.
There is a dark basin in front of where I sit, so the cleanliness of it can not be discerned. A calabash bowl falls from inside my dress and water is in my mouth now revealed as my cheeks expand. I collect the bowl, proceed to let out the water from my mouth into the bowl and I also spit into it several times. I have another bowl with water underneath my chair. I drink from one and spit into the other. The water comes out of my mouth clean but when it comes out of the bowl it is dark. When I sit I rest the calabash bowl on my laps and it leaks onto my dress. I make slight variations of the actions; it progresses to me standing and letting the water drip back into the basin. It ends with me spitting the water out as a final release.
Starts Clean
Photo by Elliott Stallion
Below is video footage from the performance:
For more information on the Caribbean Intransit Arts Journal: http://caribbeanintransit.com/
To download Issue 2:
http://issuu.com/caribbeanintransit/docs/issue_2_caribbean_intransit_location_and_caribbean#download
