Sasha Huber was born in 1975 in Uster/ZH, Switzerland, and currently lives and works in Helsinki. Being of European and Haitian heritage, she allies herself with the Caribbean Diaspora. Huber describes the starting point for her work as an examination of her roots and of how this affects the process of constructing her personal and artistic identity. The journey began with Huber being disturbed by the historical injustice of colonialism. As her work progressed, however, this attitude was gradually transformed into a quest for understanding and a more interactive dialogue between modes of intervention. Huber has been showing her work collaboratively and in solo exhibitions in Finland and abroad since 2003. She edited Rentyhorn in 2010, and was co-editor of (T)races of Louis Agassiz: Photography, Body and Science, Yesterday and Today on the occasion of the 29th São Paulo Biennial in 2010.
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DRAWING HAITI: DRAWINGS & MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE -
Drawings & Messages in a Bottle poses an intriguing question. How do we send a message, and who is there to receive it? In the context of Ghetto Biennale we are interested in exploring drawing as a narrative, site-specific activity. The aim of our work is to co-visualize and map out living and forgotten urban tales and narratives using small drawings and handwritten messages, and to share them onsite at the Biennaleexhibition as a single, large documentary mural. We will be organizing a series of mobile drawing workshops that will use freehand drawing as both a pictorial and a textual medium for participants to tell their own stories and ideas about their everyday lives.
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HAÏTI CHÉRIE - The intervention, 2010-11 -
In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, I made an intervention on the frozen, snow-covered Baltic Sea. A couple of weeks after the quake, dressed in a custom-made jumpsuit in the colors of the Haitian flag, I made snow angels as a symbol of my mourning, the lost lives, my solidarity and hope. This represents my feeling of helplessness and the pain that I can still feel.
Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrnOKsuuI4
More: http://www.sashahuber.com/?cat=30&lang=fi&mstr=4
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