May 9 – 12, 2024 | Pérez Art Museum Miami & Koubek Center | Miami, FL ✦

DRAX SYCORAX

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Synopsis

Narrated by the artist’s aunt, Drax Sycorax shows Drax Hall’s modest Jacobean structure, St. Jude’s Cemetery where most of her paternal ancestors are buried, and Carlisle Bay, the port where merchant ships brought most enslaved people into Barbados.

This film screens as part of the shorts program Your Home Is No Home.

*This film is a world premiere.

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About the Director

Renee Royale (b. 1990) is an artist, writer, independent curator, and digital strategist. Her artistic practice is rooted in visual explorations of humans and the environments that we inhabit. She employs the use of medium format and Polaroid films, natural materials, mixed media, performance art, and video in her visual storytelling. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts in Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern University.

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