Watra
The series Watra (meaning Water in Sranan Tongo) was made between 2016 and 2018. The images show the inlands of Suriname and the community of a small village names Kaya-Pati.
The images where presented together with the poem below during the Moengo Festival of Visual Art 2018:
If the water could talk
What would it say,
whisper
Tell
What would it teach us about history
About the brave people who fought here
About the children born by the river
About the fish
About the ships, the trade, the port
About the wooden korjaal Washed over the countless pangis and hair and bodies
About the war, the hiding and fleeing
The river always remains the river Silent and calm, full of stories
The river sees everything,
Experiences everything,
Moves and waves
The guys who wash their cars
The tourists who come ashore