This interactive video relates to the body, the soul, and to memory. It speaks about migration flux, cultural heritage and identity. It’s also a tribute to cultural resistance to all social minorities and migrants living in the U.S and around the world.
The title Echoes of my skin inspired me : a celebration of spirits, a celebration of the unheard, of the forgotten, through the living, and through their families from all origins.
The spirits of those we lost is symbolised by butterflies. As in many indigenous cultures they symbolise the spirit entering or leaving the body. Echoes of my skin emphases the beauty of black bodies, their vulnerability and preciousness.
Thus diamonds, sea shells, roses are metaphors for these qualities.
The visitor’s motion is captured by an infrared camera that generates them in real time.
Exhibition
Illuminate Coral Gables, Miami 2020