Arrive, Homepage Slider, Arts and Architecture, People
By Janine Mendes-Franco ● Issue 170 (May/June 2022)
Bridging the divide | Portfolio
This year, Caribbean artists will have their biggest ever presence at two of the world’s most significant contemporary art events — the Venice Biennale and documenta fifteen. Janine Mendes-Franco learns more
Arrive, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor, Janine Mendes-Franco, Mark Lyndersay and Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 168 (January/February 2022)
Trinidad Carnival is love | Backstory
This year’s Trinidad Carnival season is once again a time of uncertainty, thanks to the ongoing pandemic. But while lovers of the festival dream of spectacular Carnivals to come, they also cherish memories of Carnivals past. Janine Mendes-Franco, Mark Lyndersay, Laura Dowrich, and Caroline Taylor share their treasured Carnival memories in this year’s instalment of “Carnival is love”
Culture, Technology, Business, Haiti
By Janine Mendes-Franco ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
A bank in your pocket, Haitian style
Mobile phones can do such impressive things these days that the ability to talk to another person seems almost secondary. Voice calls?...
Engage, Culture, Technology, Arts
By Janine Mendes-Franco ● Issue 118 (November/December 2012)
Caribbean memes: meme what you say and say what you meme
Mass media capitalising on topics of discussion in wider society? It’s hardly unprecedented. Take one long-running 1990s advertising...