Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art

Deborah Jack (b. Netherlands 1970; works in United States). T/here, 2003–6. Digital prints, 21 x 84 in. (53.3 x 213.3 cm) overall. Courtesy of Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Florida (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

Artist Statement

T/here represents my multiple modes of existence/being and my constant shifting of the concept of home. The images deal with the fracturing of home space that occurs in the Diasporic body. Home, not as a geographical space but as one of shifting memory/memories, where the dynamics between the private/public, the interior/exterior, and the familiar/foreign are ones of negotiation and compromise. In this scenario my body becomes a site for this flux-and-flow experience, which finds the home space somewhere in between.

10 Comments

the nature run so fast

— Posted by Renald Dupuis

Looks like the person was in a car or something moving and tried to take the picture

— Posted by Pnyessa

it reminds me of home yah

— Posted by hope van snichwer

this is a wonderful view of the country side, its also moody it show the struggles of life for the Caribbean people.

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Imagine a house in the middle of nowhere that's always there when you make a trip in the "carretera" (highway) to go see your family far away. In here, the US, far away, you don't see a small house anymore. Changes happen and this evokes thoughts of things that we have come to lose once we move to a different place. Yet, we associate it because, deep inside, we sometimes wished things from the past. This is nostalgic. Melancholic... for the small things.

— Posted by Leisy

no matter where,how,nor how fast or slow...life is what you make of it

— Posted by steve

i guess you can compare traveling speed to your own speed...life is what you make of it...either way its up to you

— Posted by speedy

very interesting. it is very fascinating in a way that i can not explain. oh how it moves me so.

— Posted by charlley cat

AS IS USUALLY THE CASE, THIS ARTIST NEVER CEASES TO EMBARK ON NEW APPROACHES IN ART FORMS AND EXPRESSIONS OF THE SELF. FROM WHAT, I CAN SEE, THIS ENTRY IS CERTAINLY TESTIMONY OF THE EVOLUTION OF DEBBIE JACK

— Posted by DAVID CHRISTIAN

I LOVE this! EXCELLENT! Best peice I have seen!

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