ora cu e olanan a bin aden, no tabatin caminda mas pa bay
piscadonan cu por a huy, a pasa man cu delaster un di nos cu por a drenta den e botonan
sin tempo pa gara nos pertenencianan
nos a subi lama contemplando awor nos isla fey distancia
e ultimo recuerdo visibel
e cabes di loke un biaha tabata nos toren di control aereo
awor balentemente briyando bou di e solo
pero alarmanan a bati añanan prome
na Savaneta
na Saliña
na Cultimara
na Illidge Road, Kerkweg y The Road
sinembargo ganashi a triunfa riba siguridad
lidernan a yena nan saco mientras cu e poco di nos cu a halsa nos bos
a keda confronta cu indignacion
camindanan pa trabao yena cu buraco
awa di pos contaminando nos lama
cayanan montona cu sushi
y cuebanan cu un tempo a refugia e marca di nos antecesornan, awor un monumento pa
ignorancia occidental
Chris was here
Haidee was here
J.H. was here
(y pa solamente 100 dollar bo guia por hiba bo te na profunidad di e cuebanan. Naturalmente,
no lubida di laga un tip durante bo salida)
nos lama cu santonan blanco awor propiedad priva
nos tenchinan manera sefta pa plastic
condominionan manera gulido ariba nos costanan
hotelnan all-inclusive
piernan yen di turista
“por wel di yama Playa e nobo South Beach”
anochi nos ta keiro den auto
maraviya p’e bida di esnan cu si ta disfruta di e paraiso
Chris
Haidee
J.H.
“One Happy Island” nan a yama nos
pero na final
Ta ken su tera e ta?
Y TA KEN SU TERA E TA?
Ta trata temanan di autarkia, desaroyo sostenibel, decolonisacion, turismo y e
interseccionalidad entre nan. E exhibicion ta invita e publico hunto cu e artistanan hoben di
Aruba y Curaçao, pa investiga diferente metodonan pa bira menos dependiente ariba turismo y
alabes explora recursonan sostenibel cu lo por contribui na e futuro di islanan ABC-SSS.
Fecha di exhibicion: 23-02-2024/21-04-2024
cura pa: Caithlin Courtney Chong
den colaboracion cu: Quiana Cronie
Nigel Maduro
Goldiie
Natisha Engel (diseñador grafico)
Biografia
Caithlin (1997, Curaçao) ta artista, curado y organisado cultural. Na 2016 el a muda bay Hulanda pa sigui un estudio di Bachelor den diseño di moda, unda a lo largo el a cambia pa un
estudio den artenan fini. El a gradua na 2022 y desde e momento ey el a embarca un buskeda
di conexion entre su dos hogarnan. E exhibicion aki ta e prome hilo cu e ta cose den su
compromiso pa traha cu mas artista Caribeño. E ta visiona un futuro comunitario cu por opera
pafo di un realidad individualista y hipercapitalista, unda hunto cu otro Caribeñonan, e por
explora preguntanan tocante nos pasado y kico esaki ta siña nos tocante nos futuro.
Whose land is it anyway?
when the waves came we had nowhere to go
the fishermen who could escape took as many of us as they could carry on their boats
with not enough time to grab our belongings
we swayed on the sea
looking back at our island
the only thing left visible
the top of the airport control tower
boldly gleaming in the sun
warnings rained down, years before
on Savaneta
Salinja
Cultimara
Illidge road
Kerkweg and The Road
but profit surpassed our safety, our leaders
stuffed their pockets and few of us
who spoke up, were met with ire
potholed roads while we drove to work
our seas stinking of sewage
our streets littered with garbage
our caves that once held our ancestor’s marks,
now turned into monuments for Western ignorance
Chris was here
Haidee was here
J.H. was here
(for only a 100 bucks our guide will take you to its deepest crevice, don’t forget to tip on your way out)
our white sandy beaches turned into private property
plastic between our toes
condos swallowing the coast
all-inclusive hotels
boardwalks full of tourists
“downtown is the new South Beach”
at night we drove around
marvelling at lives of
those who got to enjoy the paradise
Chris
Haidee
J.H.
“One Happy Island” we were called
but whose land is it anyway?
WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY?
Deals with themes of self-sufficiency, sustainability, de-colonialism and tourism and the intersectionalities between them. Together with young artists from Aruba and Curacao, and the public, the exhibition investigates different means for becoming less dependent on tourism, and searches for other sources of self-sufficiency that can contribute to the future of the ABC-SSS islands.
Date exposition 23-02-2024/21-04-2024
by: Caithlin Courtney Chong
with: Quiana Cronie
Nigel Maduro
Goldiie
Natisha Engel (graphic designer)