I create narratives.
I document, investigate, cross-examine, create cultural hybridizations.
I de-contextualize/re-contextualize texts, topics, and issues on Black Culture’s constant striving within today’s society. The work addresses issues that have remained persistent, morphed, and folds in residuals of colonial influence, women's issues, and criticism of imperialist white-supremacist patriarchal cultures.
I work within the cusp of my cultures as Haitian, American, and African Diaspora, then link unresolved issues across time as a political strategy. This takes into account the nuances of language, imagery, and mannerisms, while illuminating social issues and injustice, depicting contemporary struggles against indifference, coded vernacular, and entrenched economic dispositions.
My recent work has focused on exploring and continuing abstract narratives portraying various aspects of Black identities/issues via different media: photography, performance, video, audio, etc. I’m exploring issues that exist then, now, and that could possibly seep into the future.
- Dominique Duroseau