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Minia Biabiany’s Learning from The White Birds (2021) shares an intimate perspective on the landscapes of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the Dominican Republic.
Layering images, sound, and written and spoken language, Biabiany’s work meditates on human beings’ relationship to natural environments and the possibility of building community with other species. Learning from The White Birds stars the kyo bird, a species common in subtropical climates, examining a group of the birds as they come together as a community through socialization and physical proximity. Images of flocks gliding over the Caribbean landscape are interwoven with images of banana tree trunks and stills of windows and doors that echo the same grid, drawing parallels between natural landscapes, constructed interiors, and the human body.
Minia Biabiany (b. 1988, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) creates installations, videos, and drawings exploring the effects of colonialism on language, landscape, and identity through personal and global narratives. She is the recipient of the 2018 Horizn Biennial Award, and her work has been shown in the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Biabiany lives and works in Mexico City and Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe.
Inaugurated in 2020, ICA Miami’s Digital Commissions series is made possible by the Knight Foundation and expands the museum’s commitment to fostering artistic experimentation and commissioning new works, as well as engaging audiences with innovative artistic voices. The projects have been organized by ICA Miami’s Director of the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center, Gean Moreno, and ICA Miami Curator Stephanie Seidel.
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Minia Biabiany’s Learning from The White Birds (2021) shares an intimate perspective on the landscapes of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and the Dominican Republic.
Layering images, sound, and written and spoken language, Biabiany’s work meditates on human beings’ relationship to natural environments and the possibility of building community with other species. Learning from The White Birds stars the kyo bird, a species common in subtropical climates, examining a group of the birds as they come together as a community through socialization and physical proximity. Images of flocks gliding over the Caribbean landscape are interwoven with images of banana tree trunks and stills of windows and doors that echo the same grid, drawing parallels between natural landscapes, constructed interiors, and the human body.
Minia Biabiany (b. 1988, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) creates installations, videos, and drawings exploring the effects of colonialism on language, landscape, and identity through personal and global narratives. She is the recipient of the 2018 Horizn Biennial Award, and her work has been shown in the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Biabiany lives and works in Mexico City and Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe.
Inaugurated in 2020, ICA Miami’s Digital Commissions series is made possible by the Knight Foundation and expands the museum’s commitment to fostering artistic experimentation and commissioning new works, as well as engaging audiences with innovative artistic voices. The projects have been organized by ICA Miami’s Director of the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center, Gean Moreno, and ICA Miami Curator Stephanie Seidel.
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