Journal | Il Tolomeo
Journal issue | 20 | 2018
Research Article | Caribbean Contemporary Poets and Graphic Artists Moored at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018

Caribbean Contemporary Poets and Graphic Artists Moored at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2018

Abstract

The Teatrino del Mondo of Aldo Rossi, a performance space set on a barge that could be reached by boat (1979-80), became an iconic metaphor for the first Venetian Biennale of Architecture. At the Venetian Biennale of Architecture 2018, this metaphorical representation was engaged by Caribbean contemporary poets Lasana M. Sekou and Charles Matz II and visual artists Cozbi Sanchez Cabrera and Jean-Ulrick Désert. In exploring ties that link the vessels of Caribbean contemporary literature and art to Venice, witness is the audacity of their opera, created while confronting intensifying natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, and recalling horrifying unnatural conditions of Slavery and war. The artists participated in collateral events in which poetry or visual art intersected marvellously with Venetian idioms.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Aug. 23, 2018 | Accepted: Oct. 3, 2018 | Published Dec. 21, 2018 | Language: en

Keywords Caribbean • Poetry • Art • Venice Architecture • Biennale 2018

Copyright © 2018 Margaret Spencer Matz . This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2018/04/016


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