Junkanoo Talk
Rhea Storr
In Junkanoo Talk, Rhea Storr dissects the colour codes, rhythms and body language of the folkloric Junkanoo, a carnival of the Bahamas. To the traditional beats of Bahamian Rake ‘n’ Scrape music which is produced only on the body, she assembles a hypnotic sequence of still and moving images as well as fragmented quotations from James Baldwin and the Bahamian minister of tourism. How can cultural identity be translated? Who has the right to speak about whom? And how can opposition be formulated with images, language and the body?
Rhea Storr
Rhea Storr is an artist film-maker born in Leeds, UK. Through working between 16mm and digital formats, she makes work concerned with the way in which black culture is represented. Recent screenings include National Museum of African American History and Culture, USA, European Media Art Festival, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Kassel Dokfest as well as Berwick Film and Media Art Festival.
Films by Rhea Storr
Bragging Rights 2019 | Junkanoo Talk 2017 | Henry 2017 | The Image that Spits. The Eye that Accumulates 2018
