Jordany Genao | Espíritu de sabor

Jordany Genao’s Sunporch installation Espíritu de sabor draws from their research on the pre-colonial history of the islands of Boriken (Puerto Rico), Ayiti (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Kubanakan (Cuba). Building on the ways in which history gives rise to sovereignty, they will work with materials such as ceramics, natural by-products and Caribbean plants crafted into abstract forms, botanical drawings and clay bodies that incorporate plants used for ritual purposes, medicine and food. In addition, the artist will work with aspects of the Taino Medicine Wheel, a cosmogram of nature aligned with the cardinal points, Caribbean architecture and Arawak-Taino cosmology. Genao’s installation builds on botanical practices that value integrating plants and their energies into our lives holistically and respectfully.

Organized by Curator of Visual Arts Rachel Raphaela Gugelberger, the Sunroom Project Space is an open call opportunity for New York-area artists to develop and exhibit a site-specific project as a solo show. The 2024 applications were reviewed by a panel of arts professionals including Kiara Cristina Ventura, writer, curator and founder of the roving curatorial platform Processa; Jacq Groves, 2023 Sunroom Project Space interdisciplinary artist and educator; and Gugelberger.