Just beyond My Imagination
Title
Just Beyond My Imagination
Year
2006-2007
Medium:
Indoor/Outdoor carpeting
Cast plaster moulds
Sand
Engraved red carpet
Flag pole with embroidered flag Golf ball.
Dimensions:
Variable
Credits:
Remy Jungerman
Collector:
Collection of artist
The title of this work is adapted from the Barbados Board of Tourism’s marketing slogan “BARBADOS – Just Beyond Your Imagination”. Having hosted the Golf World Cup Championships in December 2006, complete with international ESPN coverage, the small island developing state of Barbados (21 x 14 miles) saw the island transforming into an international golfing center.
This installation presents the countries of the Caribbean archipelago (minus Haiti & Guyana) as sand traps locked into a sea of perfectly manicured green grass, with no sign of water. The flagpole bears the ironic title of the work, making reference to ways in which the region continues to develop playgrounds for visitors, re-inscribing the Caribbean as an exotic paradise offering the best resources to only those who can afford it. Land, formerly developed as sugarcane plantations is now cultivated as tourist repositories, transforming fields of sugarcane to even sweeter tropical getaways.
Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, August 31, 2007 through January 27, 2008 (Image Courtesy Brooklyn Museum, 2007)
