Themes of labour, celebration, grief, restraint and respectability permeate the work in deliberate and unexpected ways, familiar, yet confrontational when articulated in a manner which, at once, communicates a quiet communion, reverence really, with and for the subject matter.
Scott says his works offer nuance to the survival stories that make the hills teem, it’s aim is to make more apparent its complexities; to encourage less reliance on dingy tropes without compelling its subjects to break character.
Over geranium tea in Barataria, Trinidad, I met with Baidawi Assing, the creator of the popular Trinidadian YouTube food channel, with 115,000 followers and growing, ‘EatAhfood’.
Symoné Currie, is the founder and creative genius at the helm of ‘Metal x Wire’ -a brand that embraces fluidity and individual expression with a penchant for melding the delicate with the daring in a way that challenges tradition.
Jeffrey Wight, known in the artistic world as Will the Wolf, creates music that exudes an undeniable magnetism. With each release, he invites us on an epic journey, unfolding tales through music and video that range from whimsical to intensely heartfelt. You can’t help but be swept along.
“There is a measure of sustenance when you get to stand and observe something completed as your future self, I love that feeling. When you see what you were able to do – and I do remind myself often by imagining how it would feel to experience hanging up a finished piece or putting it out there to be bashed and /or loved. I typically imagine all this before even starting anything and then we get here – a finished product.” – Kriston Banfield
May 30, 2020 In an industry filled with evolving artistic landscapes, Alana Rajah has dedicated her life to ensuring that a 2000-year-old art form flourishes in modern society. Alana has been a practitioner of Bharatanatyam, a form of Indian Classical Dance, for more than 20 years. As the founder of the Adavallan Art Academy in […]
March 02, 2020 I first attended New Wave JA about 2 years ago in 2017, and the theme of the night was “Arts + Architecture”. At the time, I was an architecture student so I was pretty intrigued to find out what the event had in store. The venue was filled with like-minded contemporaries, both […]
November 20, 2019 What is success? What does it look like? What does it feel like for designers and creatives living and working on an island in the sun? For Janice Derrick, it’s defined by a lifelong career dedicated to transforming metal into jewellery that you’ll want to wear forever. As a Caribbean designer of […]
June 06, 2019 Jimmy October, whose real name is L’shun Emmanuel, is a 24-year-old singer, songwriter, rapper, poet and creative director from Trinidad & Tobago who explores his musical talents in transcendental ways that have redefined how we perceive the sounds we call our own. Along with childhood friend Nicholas Subero, October formed the ‘OverDose […]
