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andrea robbins & max becher, the american sotries of samaná, 1998-2001
prjection vidéo, 60'
courtesy galerie sonnabend, new york, et galeri senda, barcelone
andrea robbins & max becher, the american sotries of samaná, 1998-2001
prjection vidéo, 60'
courtesy galerie sonnabend, new york, et galeri senda, barcelone
Andrea Robbins
Born in 1963 in Boston (USA), she lives in the USA.
Max Becher
Born in 1964 in Düsseldorf (Germany), he lives in the United States.
The dislocation, identity and memory of displaced minorities are essential themes of Andrea Robbins and Max Becher’s work. In their latest series of photographs, set in the islands of Saint-Pierreet- Miquelon, the two artists set out to trace the signs of French identity in this remote overseas department.
They are also presenting their film The Americans of Samaná (1998-2001), which is a documentary-style piece about the descendants of the emancipated Afro-American slaves who settled in the Dominican Republic in 1824. These protestant families still find it hard to integrate into the dominantly Catholic, Hispanic majority. Interviews present the everyday life of this community which has stayed close to its ancestors in both its customs and its language.
Coproduction Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.