Electric Dub Station Series - A monumental installation consisting of Ajrakh Block Printed Indigo Dye Textiles and Indigo Raffia Threads.
In the Electric Dub Station series, the artist investigates the connection with different cultures of the Black Atlantic (Paul Gilroy) and hybrid Migratory Aesthetics (Mieke Ball).
During the last fifteen years Guzman has focused on postcolonial artistic research linked to his own Panamanian ancestry, and to the origins of indigo in Latin America, Asia and West Africa. This project investigates the transatlantic colonial history of indigo, related to its production on plantations in India, Java, The Americas and in Europe.
The installation features soundscapes of plantations in Suriname and Alan Lomax recordings, mixed with Dub rhythms, Moroccan blue raffia and Indigo banners made in Gujarat, India with the indigo master Sufiyan Khatri.
A Tribute to George Floyd By Antonio Jose Guzman
Filmed and Edited by Atelier Gf Workstation
Project Electric Dub Station - Sonsbeek & Paiz Art Biennial 2021
Costumes by Iva Jankovic - DNA Sequencing Indigo Ajrakh Printed Fabrics - in collaboration with Sufiyan Khatri - Ajrakhpur, India.
Music:
Transillumination # 1 - Reverse Bata & Saxo
GCAT The Supreme Exodus Chant By A.J. Guzman
Anarexol - Eek A Mouse - Reverse - Produced by Henry Lawes
Me Gritaron Negra - Victoria Santa Cruz
Splash Babylon - DJ Trace Remix - Kool FM 1995
Rockers (1978) - Horsemouth's Speech
Splash - Babylon - Original sample from Rockers
Sittin On Top Of The World - DJ Screw & Big Floyd
Dusk 2 Dawn 1996 - Screwed Up Records
Juana 1600 by Chucho Valdés & Irakere
End:
Madrigal Poem - Nicolas Guillen
City Lights Poets Anthology
Edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
With Words and Footage by:
Kwame Ture (not feat in video but in soundscape)
Marcus Garvey
Malcom X
Victoria Santa Cruz
The Birth of a Nation
One by Ken Ohara