How to Build a House on Stilts

Grace Aneiza Ali
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

Kwesi Abbensetts and Andrew Lyght on how their work invokes Guyana’s architectural landscape.

Kwesi Abbensetts, “The Old House,” 2017. Mixed-media on vinyl wall paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Event: Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Liminal Space artists Kwesi Abbensetts and Andrew Lyght will join curator Grace Aneiza Ali in a conversation on how their work invokes Guyana’s architectural landscape. Both artists reference the stick-frame wooden houses on stilts that are quintessential to the visual identity of Guyana. In this conversation, they will share how they are inspired to use these structures as symbols in their work, how these houses on stilts serve as remnants of colonial and postcolonial power in Guyana, as well as how as architectural artefacts, they stand the passage of time.

Read more at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute.

Guyana Modern

Contemporary Arts & Culture of Guyana and its Diaspora. Founder & Curator: Grace Aneiza Ali.

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Guyana Modern

Contemporary Arts & Culture of Guyana and its Diaspora. Founder & Curator: Grace Aneiza Ali.

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