Art Exhibits

Coming soon is "The Riddim of Water," my three-track, waterborne soundscape installation composed with respectful deep listening, curated with cultural knowledge and wisdom, and created with aquatic recordings from the Listen Jamaica sound archive.

I am grateful for The Listen Jamaica project consultants whose expertise provided much appreciated guidance.

Project Consultants

Diana McCaulay is a Jamaican writer and environmental activist. She has authored six novels, including A House for Miss Pauline (Algonquin and Dialogue 2025) and Daylight Come (Peepal Tree 2020). In 1991, she founded the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), serving as CEO until 2017. McCaulay was also a Gleaner columnist from 1994 to 2001. Her lived and learned knowledge of Jamaica’s environmental practices has guided the “Riddim of Water” exhibit.

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Alex Moore-Minott is a Jamaican Myal priest, herbalist, and cultural activist dedicated to preserving Afro-Jamaican spiritual traditions. Through his consultancy, he offers guidance rooted in ancestral knowledge, emphasising river preservation, sacred water rituals, and religious freedom. His wisdom has helped frame the “Riddim of Water” exhibit.

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Gloria “Mama G” Simms is a Jamaican Maroon elder, spiritual leader, and Paramount Chief, embodying the resilience of her Trelawny Town Maroon ancestors. She is internationally recognised for her advocacy in Indigenous rights, women’s empowerment, and cultural preservation. Her deep knowledge of Maroon practices, viewed through a gendered lens, shaped the “Riddim of Water” recordings.

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Gavin “Gavsborg” Blair is a trailblazing Kingston-based music producer and co-founder of Equiknoxx Music. His experimental sound reshapes Jamaican music while bridging fashion, storytelling, and community. As part of the duo groundsound, Gavsborg brings innovation, production expertise, and boundless curiosity to the “Riddim of Water” exhibit.

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Olivia Wilmot is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, educator, and healer whose work is deeply rooted in nature, heritage, and healing. As leader of the creative project Earth and the Fullness and a member of the Yamaye Guani Taino Peoples, she draws on her ancestry and environment to create music and experiences that connect people to the natural world. With a background in education, psychology, and the arts, she brings unique expertise to projects that integrate sound, culture, ecology, and knowledge of body and mind, advancing deeper relationships with nature through creative expression.

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Erna Brodber is a distinguished Jamaican writer, sociologist, and social activist whose scholarship has significantly advanced the preservation of Caribbean cultural memory. Her pioneering use of oral histories and integration of historical/sociological research with narrative forms have shaped modern literary thinkers. She is also a prominent elder (Bohito) in the Yamaye Guani Taino Peoples community and has done much work in revitalizing and bringing awareness to the Taino presence both at the ancestral site of Woodside and their presence throughout Jamaica. By foregrounding “nation” languages, African and Taino heritage, and community voices, Brodber’s work ensures the continued documentation and accessibility of Caribbean histories for academic and cultural preservation.