Juxtapoz Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Juxtapoz MagazineInstagram)「“One book, Silencing the Past by Michel-Rolph Trouillot introduced me to the term “historical production” and how most of what we know about the past is based on sites of struggles between power and history. It also got me thinking of how history could be considered as fictionized in the sense of asking who is the one who dictates how others are to be remembered. Not only who gets to dictate, but who gets to be remembered, and who also gets to dictate how that is going to be presented as history. And that is what led me to think of the power that paintings truly hold where they are equally capable of becoming a commentary of history. They shape our thinking of historicity as well as become an artifact for that specific moment in time they capture. “So that’s what led me to create more paintings of Haiti, with emphasis on its diaspora. There's always a continuity between the two that I feel needs to be addressed. Because as we keep moving across oceans, our history and culture are still embedded in us even though we may feel there's a gap due to distance or the progression of time. It’s therefore crucial that diasporas, especially in the western world, never lose that connection with their homeland and continue that merger of the two worlds. In this regard, I was really inspired by the thinking of Michel Rolph-Trouillotand, and that has inspired a lot of my current work…” @laurenafineus in our Spring 2023 Quarterly」4月20日 11時31分