“L’Imaginaire du carnaval: Ancrage mémoriel” [The Imaginary of Carnival: memorial anchoring] is a photographic exhibition by Philippe Virapin. The opening takes place on the Deshaies Botanical Backyard [Jardin Botanique de Deshaies] in Deshaies, Guadeloupe this Friday, March 31, 2023, from 6:00 to 9:00pm.
Description: The carnival, which reserved its decorations for the road, was notably locked up for the previous 2 years on the premises of the associations. The ban on parades, as a result of COVID interval, led me to fulfill some teams of their headquarters so as to lastly put the carnival on the service of pictures. This preparation time (dressing, make-up) reserved for vogue exhibits, was lastly devoted to photographic classes providing me true free vary. All these assets allowed me to acceptable an unsuspected imaginary.
Certainly, I noticed that by photographing “snare drum” teams (teams à « caisses claires » one of many 4 classes of carnival teams), I imagined freezing [in time] on this luxuriant nature, the primary Amerindian peoples settled on the Archipelago of Guadeloupe. Additionally photographing groupes à po (one of many 4 classes of carnival teams) in the course of nature evoked the illustration and highlighting of the marronnage that represents a significant a part of the historical past of Guadeloupe in the present day.
The costumes, the carnival garments, are revealed of their pure settings of our stunning Guadeloupean nature. They disclose to us the historical past that’s anchored within the carnival imaginary of photographer Philippe VIRAPIN.
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Excerpt above translated by Ivette Romero from the press launch. For the unique textual content, see https://www.pinpin-art.com/_files/ugd/30b041_7ef276159ccf4c9e8204daf45c108dfb.pdf
For extra on the botanical backyard, see https://www.jardin-botanique.com/en/dwelling/