Tuesday, 26 July 2016

The Star Side of Bird Hill

Naomi Jackson reading a passage out of her novel The Star Side of Bird Hill.



At Chattel House Books, Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall 

Barbados Landscapes

What I have always loved about Barbados is the varied landscape in such a small space.

NORTH POINT









EAST COAST

Looking to the east coast



Ragged Point East Coast lighthouse



SOUTH COAST

 Carlisle Bay






Tiki Bar, Accra Beach

Oistins 

 Looking south


WEST COAST



IN THE MIDDLE

Slippage at White Hall, St Andrew

Down the gully

Flip-flops / slippers are not the shoes of choice to climb up a landslide

Turner Hall Woods









Thursday, 21 July 2016

Bridgetown, Barbados

Bridgetown on a Sunday afternoon, without the usual hustle and bustle. According to the World Bank, the population density of Barbados is 661 persons per square km putting it up into the top 15 most densely populated countries in the world. And that doesn't account for the tourist or the undocumented population.






The Public Library



It is said (by those who say) that Barbados has one of the highest amounts of churches per square kilometre in the world.









Old time stores - there aren't many like this anymore
Reminds me of Cuba. 




Green Monkeys came from Senegal and Gambia 350 years ago
cute but mischievous and problematic










Remapping (Puppy Eyes)

I use the term remapping conceptually as move from space to space - either to live, to visit or for an artist residency - to understand the ...