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Still from Equilibrium courtesy Alice Yard FROM ALICE YARD BLOG: Heino: “The context of much of my work is concerned with narrative and the reconsideration of personal stories in the public forum. Using a variety of media, such as video, drawing, installation, and photography, I investigate the often simple, sometimes irrelevant encounters and collisions between people and their environments. “Although I strive for universal metaphors, I approach each body of work in a very personal way. Using self-referential experiences as an avenue to illuminating collective experiences, I hope to reveal the subtle social dramas that inform our lives and ultimately bring those realities to the forefront for discussion. “The image above (from < (temporary horizon)) combines the use of common material and repetition to candidly examine the shifting tensions between action and inertia, balance and imbalance. The positioning of the two bottles, though fragile and ultimately unsustainable, evokes surp...

Sean Leonard's original conceptual sketch for Alice Yard FROM THE ALICE YARD BLOG : September 2010 is Alice Yard’s fourth anniversary as an independent space for creative experiment. This year we mark the occasion with 4x4 , a programme of events focusing on Alice Yard’s regional network, and our creative collaborators in four specific Caribbean locations: the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Suriname. = Wednesday 15 September, 2010:  Shot in Kingston: The Digital Scene The exploration of digital photo- and video-based work is a significant recent trend among younger Jamaican artists.  Shot in Kingston  assembles work by Marvin Bartley, Keisha Castello, Stefan Clarke, Marlon James, O’Neil Lawrence, Ebony Patterson, and Oneika Russell, curated by  Christopher Cozier  and  O’Neil Lawrence . Exhibition opening 8.00 pm = Friday 17 September: Alice Yard jam Alice Yard is an important centre for  musical creativity and exchange , offering rehearsal and perfor...

From I Spend My Time Humming  (2009) The amazing Bahamian artist Heino Schmid is in Trinidad. READ more below. FROM THE ORGANISERS: Alice Yard is currently hosting its second Commonwealth artist-in-residence: Heino Schmid from the Bahamas. He is a 2009 recipient of the Commonwealth Foundation’s Commonwealth Connections international arts residency, and has chosen to use his award grant to visit and work in Trinidad. On Friday 4 June, 2010, at 7.30 pm, Schmid will give an informal talk at Alice Yard about his previous work and his interest in Trinidad. This is an opportunity for artists and others to meet him and learn about the contemporary art scene in the Bahamas. All are invited. About the artist: Heino Schmid was born in 1976 in Nassau, the Bahamas. In addition to his own practice, he is adjunct lecturer for the School of Communication and Creative Arts at the College of the Bahamas; curator of the Central Bank of the Bahamas Art Gallery; and exhibitions director of Popop...