HOMO SARGASSUM Catalogue

Beginning as an idea initiated by artist Louisa Marajo and co-conceived with Vanessa Selk, Founding Artistic Director of the TOUT-MONDE Art FOUNDATION, HOMO SARGASSUM has been a multiyear, multidimensional and collaborative program made possible by the hands of many (see detailed acknowledgements page 164), in close partnership with the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts and the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. The program included an artist residency, a short film, a contribution to an educational comic book, a symposium and an exhibition presented in two venues so far. This catalog intends for the firsttime to reflect this multidimensional collaborative work over the years, with a particular focus on the exhibition presented at the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts from September 2024 to March 2025. Thank you to the artists, scientists, scholars, organizations, staff, and others who spent countless hours in bringing together HOMO SARGASSUM, with the support of our generous sponsors.

HOMO SARGASSUM Community

ARTISTS

Artists (alphabetical order) participating in the HOMO SARGASSUM exhibition and / or HOMO SARGASSUM experimental art documentary Film.

José Bertogal (Guadeloupe), Minia Biabiany (Guadeloupe), Beatriz Chachamovits (Brazil / USA), Camille Chedda (Jamaica), Xavier Cortada (USA), Ronald Cyrille (Guadeloupe), Nicolas Derné (Martinique), Morel Doucet (Haiti / USA), Alejandro Durán (Mexico /USA), Edouard Duval-Carrié (Haiti / USA), Billy Gérard Frank (Grenada / USA), Guy Gabon (Guadeloupe), Gwladys Gambie (Martinique), Sheldon Green (Jamaica), Annabel Guérédrat (New Caledonia / Martinique), Jordan Harrison (Jamaica), Jean-Baptiste Herné (USA), Nadia Huggins (Trinidad & Tobago / St Vincent and the Grenadines), Dominique Hunter (Guyana), Deborah Jack (St. Maartens / USA), Mirtho Linguet (French Guiana), Louisa Marajo (Martinique / France), Medhi Michalon (Martinique), Joiri Minaya (USA / Dominican Republic), Ricardo Ozier-Lafontaine (Martinique), Marielle Plaisir (France / Guadeloupe / USA), María Isabel Rueda (Colombia), Oneika Russel (Jamaica), Henri Tauliaut (Guadeloupe / Martinique), Philippe Thomarel (Guadeloupe / France), Caecilia Tripp (Germany / France / USA).

SCIENTISTS, HUMANITY SCHOLARS, BIO-TECH COMPANIES, DESIGNER



Alexis Alleyne-Caputo (artist & independent researcher), Felder + Felder (eco fashion designer), Sarra Gaspard (University of the French West Indies), Pascal Lopez (Observatoire Hommes-Milieux Littoral Caraïbe), Moses Maerz (University of Potsdam), Florence Ménez (University of the French West Indies), Martin Munro (Florida State University), Marc Alexandre Tareau (University of French Guiana), Nico Wienders (Florida State University).

PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Winthrop-King Institute (FSU), Rubis Mécénat Cultural Fund and its InPulse Project, DAC Guadeloupe, Sara, Holdex Environment, Museum of Fine Arts (FSU), Sarah Arison, Étant donnés, a program by Villa Albertine