‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’ at the Queens Museum (and beyond)

David Perez Karmadavis, Estructura Completa (Complete Structure), 2012, video.
David Perez Karmadavis, Estructura Completa (Complete Structure), 2012, video.

Rather be in the Caribbean?  The next best thing might be seeing ‘Caribbean:  Crossroads of the World,’ a 200 year survey of visual culture from the islands at three NYC museums.  At the Queens Museum, highlights include videos like ‘Complete Structure,’ by David Perez Karmadavis.  Here, a blind Dominican man carries a handicapped Haitian woman through busy streets to allude to the relationship between their neighboring countries. Though reminiscent of Francis Alys on Mexico City streets, Karmadavis’s video captivates by concentrating on the dynamic between this unlikely duo.  Watch the video on Vimeo.  (Also at the Studio Museum in Harlem through Oct 21st and El Museo del Barrio through Jan 6th.)