Within and Beyond the Caribbean: Shifting Models of Sustainability and Connectivity
St. George, Barbados | 27th - 28th February 2015
Tilting Axis is a roving project conceptualized by ARC Magazine and the Fresh Milk Art Platform Inc. The first iteration was hosted at Fresh Milk in Barbados on February 27 + 28, 2015 under the banner Tilting Axis: Within and Beyond the Caribbean | Shifting Models of Sustainability and Connectivity. The two-day conference brought together independent art organisations and museums operating across the Caribbean, U.S., E.U. and China. The goal of the meeting was to negotiate strategic regional and international alliances for the further development of infrastructure, production and markets for the Caribbean's visual arts sector.
It is critical that this gathering took place on Caribbean soil and that the visual arts sector was considered from within the archipelago as a counterpoint to many decisions that are often made about the region from external locations.
The need for more art writers and venues to publish art writing, as well as creating better access to, and training for existing writers in the region.
Addressing barriers to connectivity — whether this be policy at a governmental level, logistical in terms of movement, both geographical and linguistic, and funding — across multiple regional platforms.
It is critical that this gathering took place on Caribbean soil and that the visual arts sector was considered from within the archipelago as a counterpoint to many decisions that are often made about the region from external locations.
The need for more art writers and venues to publish art writing, as well as creating better access to, and training for existing writers in the region.
Addressing barriers to connectivity — whether this be policy at a governmental level, logistical in terms of movement, both geographical and linguistic, and funding — across multiple regional platforms.
How to develop standards and create spaces for critique?
We do not know the world and the world does not know the Caribbean.