HOMO SARGASSUM Curatorial Tour & Artist Talk

HOMO SARGASSUM Curatorial Tours & Artists Talks

Come join us for an exciting event featuring a curatorial tour with Vanessa Selk and engaging artist talk with Deborah Jack at the United Nations Headquarter in New York.

Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the HOMO SARGASSUM exhibition featuring over 20 works from artists and scientists to address the issue of sargassum seaweed proliferation in the Atlantic and on Caribbean and American coasts. Delve into the underwater world of Sargassum seaweed through a lense of contemporary art to celebrate World Ocean Month in June.

An exhibition presented by The TOUT-MONDE Art FOUNDATION (Instagram @toutmondefoundation).

Exhibition on view and open to the public from May 16-July 11, from 9am-5pm.

THIS TICKET TO THE EVENT DOES NOT GRANT YOU ACCESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS: YOU MUST FIRST REGISTER ONLINE OR AT THE UNITAR OFFICE ON SITE - PLEASE BRING VALID ID AND COUNT 20MIN FOR REGISTRATION AND SECURITY CHECK BEFORE MEETING AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXHIBITION HALL:

https://www.un.org/en/visitor-centre-new-york/page/arrival

Artists featured:

Minia Biabiany, Camille Chedda, Nicolas Derné, Alejandro Durán, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Billy Gerard Frank, Guy Gabon, Gwladys Gambie, Sheldon Green, Nadia Huggins, Jordan Harrisson, Dominique Hunter, Mirtho Linguet, Louisa Marajo, Joiri Minaya, Ricardo Ozier-Lafontaine, María Rueda, Oneika Russell, Henri Tauliaut, Philippe Thomarel, Caecilia Tripp & Herne Jean-Baptiste, Russell Watson.

Curated by Vanessa Selk; Youna Esposito curatorial assistant

Initiated by Louisa Marajo

Presented by the TOUT-MONDE Art FOUNDATION

Endorsed by the Permanent Missions of France and Barbados to the United Nations

Supported by FSU-Winthrop-King Institute for French and Francophone Studies, Rubis Mécénat, Villa Albertine, Sarah Arison, Fausto & Linda De la Cruz, Michele Segalla, Anne Mascorda & Julien Dargent, Debra Therit

Curatorial Committee:

Louisa Marajo, Lead Artist andCo-Author

Vanessa Selk,TMAF ArtisticDirector&Curator

Youna Esposito,TMAFCuratorial Assistant

MichaelCarrasco, MoFA Co-Curator

Martin Munro,WKIDirector and Editor

Matilde dos Santos,IndependentCurator

AnnaleeDavis, FreshMilk Founder

KatherineKennedy, FreshMilk

Scientific Committee:

Dr. Florence Ménez - anthropologist (University of the

FrenchWestIndies)

Dr. NicoWienders- oceanograph (Florida StateUniversity)

Dr. PascalJean Lopez - oceanography (CNRS)

Dr. Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd - art historian (Florida State

University)

Dr. Marc-Alexandre Tareau - ethnobotanist (Inserm,

University of French Guiana)

Dr. Sarra Gaspard - chemist(University of Guadeloupe)

Dr. Moses Maerz - professor of philosophy (University of

Berlin)

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