“Nou an péyi révé – Traversées de la mangrove” [which may be translated as “In the Country of Our Dreams – Crossings of the Mangrove] is an exhibition designed by Elisabeth Gustave, Tiyi Kalmery, Olivier Marboeuf, and Christelle Clairville. This collective show will take place from May 29 to August 29, 2026, at Mémorial ACTe (MACTe) in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
Artists (in alphabetical order): Jocelyn Akwaba-Matignon, Nú Barreto, Julien Béramis, Minia Biabiany, Jean-François Boclé, Alex Boucaud, Kenny Cairo, Chantaléa Commin, Fabien Conti, Levoy Exil (Saint-Soleil), Wally Fall, Simon Gabourg, Gwladys Gambie, Samuel Gélas, David Gumbs, Alain Joséphine, Klēlo, Félie Line Lucol, Louisa Marajo, Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien, Joël Nankin, Jean-David Nkot, Anyès Noel, Jay Ramier, Roseman Robinot, Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Daniela Yohannes, and Geordy Zodidat-Alexis.
Description: Inspired by the life of writer Maryse Condé, this group exhibition brings together the perspectives of twenty-eight contemporary Caribbean and African artists, exploring the relationships that shape the future of the Caribbean-World [Caraïbe-Monde] in a period marked by the violence of colonial imaginaries.
In this polyphonic narrative where painting, sculpture, installation, and video interact, Guadeloupe is not conceived as an isolated island but as one of the anchor points of a vast constellation of friendships and reflections.
As in Maryse Condé’s novel, La traversée de la mangrove, this series of sensory landscapes, conceived by a collective of curators from different generations and backgrounds, invites us to a vigil: a time to welcome and reconnect, to pay tribute and share the hopes, experiences, and contradictions of a people in the making.
Beyond the walls of Mémorial ACTe, “Nou an péyi révé – Traversées de la mangrove” will offer events and gatherings designed as Biks, spaces for dialogue, transmission, and sharing, bringing together artists, thinkers, cultural actors, and representatives of civil society in several municipalities across the territory to participate in the broader conversation that animates Guadeloupe.
Excerpts translated by Ivette Romero. For full announcement (in French), see https://memorial-acte.fr/exposition-speciale
“Nou an péyi révé – Traversées de la mangrove” [which may be translated as “In the Country of Our Dreams – Crossings of the Mangrove] is an exhibition designed by Elisabeth Gustave, Tiyi Kalmery, Olivier Marboeuf, and Christelle Clairville. This collective show will take place from May 29 to August 29, 2026, at Mémorial ACTe
