Nia Centre for the Arts Exposed Exhibition: Solace March 2016

Natalie Wood, Erica De Freitas & Genevieve Wallen at the Opening for Solace.

Nia Centre for the Arts asked me to write the essay for this exhibit. Thank you Nia Centre for the Arts, Genevieve Wallen for having me jury and write to contextualize the work of the amazing artists in the show. It was held at the Gladstone, March 17th 2016.

Qouleur 2015: Les émotions contenues : Une soirée de cinéma de Qouleur / Contained Emotions: A Qouleur Film Night

Will (3 mins) was screened Thursday 20 August 2015.

Still from 'Touched by a Soucouyant' a 5 minute cell phone video screened at Inside Out Film Festival May 2015
 for In Your Pocket – RT Collective

'Touched by a Soucouyant' tells the story of a late night encounter between two women that lead to the unraveling of a supernatural mystery with connections to Trinidad and Tobago/ Caribbean.

Actors: Kyisha Williams, Robin Akimbo,

Camera, Lights: Nadijah Robinson, Kyisha Williams, Robin Akimbo

Director: Natalie Wood

BakerGram, OCAD Gallery Thesis exhibit March 6 -14, 2015

Installation shot of Genevieve Wallen's Curatorial Thesis Exhibition, There Is Always More than What We Perceive - a group show with Michele Clarke and Abdi Osman.

These are some of the Installation and Performance Shots.
We had the bananas age throughout the exhibit. Some of the banana skins changed from yellow to black - obscuring the text. Some people getting the quoted bananas felt strongly that there was a message in it meant for them. I enjoyed this performance.

May 2014
The Launch of the World Pride Mural Project

Mural Walk and Talk on Church St

Councillor Wong Tam at the Mural walk

June 2014

Nuit Rose after my performance of Banagrams with Marlon Griffith

For Nuit Rose 2014 I presented my video performance - Bananagrams. By the end of the night I had many people roaming the streets with my scripted bananas.













August 2014

   


         

Scotiabank Art in Transit: Confluence for Caribana where among other pieces I screened my 2 minute single channel video The Line is Drawn on pattison screens in subways and malls across Canada. Curators Pamela Edmonds, Sally Frater and artist Sandra Brewster were present at the opening. I was also interviewed on CP24 to promote the exhibit.

October 2014

For Open House Exhibit and show, I had the Bananagram installation which worked beautifully in its location close to the ground. I had help from some of the little ones who worked with me to distribute the bananas. It was a packed house but almost everyone left or ate or had a banana.

BANAGRAM/BAKERGRAM- One-D Performance at Trinity Square Video

 
This was a video performance at Trinity Square Video that took place in December 2013. This piece explored themes related to black and queer women's representation in art through a re-interpretation of Josephine Baker's life whereby I sample her 'savage' dance in the movie Princess Tam Tam. My purpose is to explore counter-narratives that challenge the representation bestowed upon her by the status quo. In my performance Baker's 'savage' dance in Princess Tam Tam is projected and played forward and in reverse while I write quotes/ statements from Baker onto bananas which I then hand out to the audience. Thanks to Linda Duvall and TSV.

Artist Talk at SKETCH

The first Artscape Youngplace Community Potluck, hosted by SKETCH. Drop by, share delicious food, and participate in an Artist Talk with Natalie Wood, and Circle Sing with Ella Cooper.


6:00PM: Potluck begins at the AYP's Coffee Pub. Eat, meet, mingle.

6:45PM-7:15PM: Artist Talk with Natalie Wood.