Isaac Julien, New Museum, and others
Encore (Paradise Omeros: Redux)
2003
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- Artist: Isaac Julien
- Publisher: New Museum
- Publisher: Bick Productions
Encore (Paradise Omeros: Redux)
2003
Physical Qualities
Single-channel video (color, sound), Duration: 4 minutes, 38 seconds
Portfolio/Series
From the series "Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image"
Credit Line
Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number
2004.57.7
This film delves into the fantasies and feelings of mixed language, hybrid mental states, and the territorial shifts of Creoleness or Créolité—a movement established in the 1980s to emphasize shared heritage within the Black diaspora as a source of empowerment for colonized peoples. Using the recurrent imagery of the sea, the film sweeps us into a poetic meditation on the complexities of living in multiple cultures.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2004; New Museum, New York, New York
