States of confinement, Essay by Nimah Muwakil

Sometime during the height of the “lock down” I had reason to venture out of my house. While driving through Port of Spain, I saw spray painted on some galvanize around a construction site, “COVID NUH REAL”. A conspiracy theory in three words. When the unexpected occurs, especially if it’s tragic, it is human nature […]

Searching for the Pluriverse: documenting a pandemic and newness.

“I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.” Aime Cesaire , Letter to Maurice Thorez, Paris: Présence Africaine, 1957 ‘States of Confinement’ is an attempt to document and explore […]