Interview / entrevista ... “In Trinidad before 1930 there was hardly any practice of painting at all. One is left to assume that it was more a sort of genteel pastime, like sewing or embroidery for girls or lessons on the violin for a boy. Ours was a society with its eyes fixed on Europe, adapting external experiences willy-nilly without reference to the conditions which obtained here.” Chang was one of the artists who changed that, by showing that art was not a pastime but a vocation and that Trinidad was a fertile — and valid — source of inspiration for an art of its own.
Also on YouTube.
Mujeres santalucences en el mundo del arte St. Lucian Women in Art - London 2015. YouTube.
"Dominican Onomatopoeia" Short Documentary in Interviews Directed and Edited by Paloma Valenzuela Camera and Lights: Juan Carlos Vélez This short documentary in interviews works almost as a comical lesson in the "Dominican" language. In the Dominican Republic the national language is Spanish, however in comparison to other Spanish-speaking countries, the Dominican Republic is unique in its use of onomatopoeia, street slang and gestures. With these series of interviews given to a diverse group of young people that currently live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, we get a chance to learn about Dominican mannerisms, the onomatopoeia in daily conversation and some very common phrases that are unique specifically to Dominican Culture. A well deserved ode to the tjoerie. The what?!? The tjoerie, which is the Surinamese word for what is known in the French West Indies as 'le tchip' and in the English speaking part of the Caribbean as 'kiss-teeth'. When something or someone becomes too annoying, one always has an effective weapon at their disposal: a long, cricket-like sound of which the effect combined with rolling eyes is deadly insulting. There is no one that does not respect a good tjoerie. Dutty Berry Show. "Weird Sounds Jamaicans Make." YouTube. 2013.
Una artista emergente: Sol Calero transforme a Studio Voltaiare en un clase caribeño bien «kitsch»7/2/2016 |
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