ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Ora mi topa mi mes is an invitation to slow down and a quest for Afro-Caribbean women to return to (their) nature. Rather than tying their identities to hardship, the series fosters Caribbean restoration and explores the ways in which Afro-Caribbean women can reclaim their selfhood.

This exhibition by Aqueene Wilson is funded by DNB i.c.w Cultuurfonds Caribisch gebied and Silent Disco Curaçao and is part of her ongoing audio-visual series titled; SELFHOOD. SELFHOOD debuted in the Netherlands and is now set to release its second dreaming act on Curaçao in the form of an exhibition. This new body of work centers rest, Afro-Caribbean restoration and womanhood through photography with a sonic contribution by WATRA.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Aqueene Wilson is a Surinamese-Curaçaoan artist, self-taught photographer and Caribbean visionary dedicated to the visibility and liberation of Black and Brown folks. Her work introduces restorative possibilities for existing, in which softness, vulnerability, reflection and rest take center in her (reimagined) representation of Black life.

MORE ABOUT SELFHOOD

SELFHOOD is an audio-visual series that prioritizes the durability of Black womanhood. It commits to a well-rested future and raises the fundamental question of when and how Black women get to be human. The artist proposes rest as the answer, as it is only through rest that Black women get to breathe, dream, and care for themselves in a world where they are intersectionaly racialized, sexualized, stereotyped and overworked.