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Sour Grass has been invited to participate in the summer seminar “Towards Perma-Cultural Institutions: Exercises in Collective Thinking” curated by Aneta Rostkowska, Nada Rosa Schroer and Julia Haarmann at Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen in Germany.
Read MoreNatalie McGuire-Batson writes for Issue 2 of Faire Mondes on curatorial approaches across the Caribbean region that have challenged and dismantled exclusionary global frameworks in visual art engagement. Nestled within this conversation with Annalee Davis and Katherine Kennedy, we discuss the collaborative projects that have birthed diverse archipelagic connections in an attempt to expand self-determination in a Caribbean curatorial context.
Read MoreSour Grass is a team of creative facilitators who seek to work with visual artists in the Caribbean and across its diasporas, to build relationships with museums, institutions, collectors, biennales, and private and public entities through the development of curatorial projects, seminars, publications, workshops, mentorship initiatives, alternative pedagogy, and various types of discursive programming.
Sour Grass will act as an advisory and bridge to Caribbean-based and international cultural institutions and we will be sharing more news about the platform soon.
Read MoreBothriochloa pertusa or Barbados sour grass was introduced into the region as pasture and grazing options for livestock. This is a plant with polarity and duality, being steadfast in its uprightness during each dry season, yet extending the structure underground to help reduce soil erosion once rainfall returns to the parched territories. Barbadian artist, Annalee Davis, finds this plant underfoot during her morning walks and connects it to the remediation of the land and the quiet revolution that is happening within the internal landscape.
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