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Musing from the Milking Parlour
Annalee Davis lives and works in Barbados. She has exhibited her work throughout the Caribbean and internationally since 1989. Her work exposes tensions within the larger context of a post-colonial Caribbean history and observes the nature of post-independent (failing?) nation states. She blogs regularly about Caribbean intra-regional migration at creole-chant.blogspot.com and is concerned with issues surrounding the impact of development on small island developing states. She has an extensive website at www.annaleedavis.com
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The Treaty of Chaguaramas established the Caribbean Community and Market, later known as CARICOM, and was signed by Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago in 1973.
In 2001, a revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, (CSME) was signed by six member countries and now has fifteen members. The treaty was expected to be fully implemented by 2008 with harmonization of economic policy, the free movement of all CARICOM nationals and possibly a single currency.
The Revised Treaty is yet to be fully implemented and the region is witnessing increased fragmentation. Many question if CARICOM is still relevant. The Free Movement of Persons has been the most contentious issue within the Revised Treaty and has exposed xenophobia, nationalism and racism among member states. Hatchlings - A Requiem, situates the fifteen member countries as insular national states, lying on a bed of the shredded Revised Treaty of Chaguramas. When I look at this piece, in my head, I hear David Rudder singing, 'Rally 'round the West Indies' as a requiem. -
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Annalee at the Biennial
Annalee Davis is honoured to be in conversation with Tariana Navas-Nieves at the Biennial of the Americas in Denver, Colorado, USA on July 9, 2010.
We will be addressing some of the issues surrounding being a contemporary creative in the Caribbean 'Paradise'.
It promises to be an engaging discussing between Puerto Rican Curator, Navas-Nieves and Barbadian Contemporary Creative, Davis.
Has the Plantation Complex Fallen?
Annalee Davis has been awarded the Bridget Jones Travel Award for 2011
February 2011
Annalee will make a presentation about her work titled "Has the Plantation Complex Fallen?"
This presentation will take place as part of the annual Society for Caribbean Studies Conference from June 29th - July 1st 2011 at The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Inspiration
Dearest friend,
So good to see you're so active and looking just great. Have no idea what the Bridget Jones Travel Award is but am sure you deserve it and quite some more for your wonderful efforts. Keep in touch, inspiration is always welcome..