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transcript |  “hear ‘dem calling” | up

First female voice: Wooden tray on head stacked high, monkey jars, coneriefs, crimp pot…
Come buy, coming down to town,
Down into Chamberlain.

Second female voice: Cinnamon spice, you have white pepper, black pepper,
Turmeric, paprika…

Mingled voices of vendors offering various wares: One for a dollar, one dollar. Flying fish! Fish! Fish! Ten dollars a bag here! Ten dollars! OK darling bye bye

First female voice: It take me a long time to come down from de mount pun de train. Lay dem out on de ground, smooth reddish skin baking in de sun.

Sugar for the bees to add wid de honey
Wireless accessories, come and get your accessories for the wireless phone

(Mingled voices of vendors offering various wares)

artist profile | juliana inniss | up

In Juliana Inniss’ soundscape, “Hear ‘dem Calling”, the sounds of traditional fish sellers and hawkers are juxtaposed with modern-day itinerant vendors selling underwear and wireless phones, along with the air horn of the modern minibus. In the artist’s words, “This soundscape captures the creative ways vendors beckon pedestrians to stop and shop. This “calling”, often lyrical in nature, is an invitation to treat, and as we walk through town, they bombard us daily. I would wish that this piece allows the listener to appreciate the many layered sounds of Bridgetown. As a ceramic artist, I wanted to draw an historical reference to a vendor bringing her clay pots from the rural hills of Chalky Mount and displaying them on the Chamberlain Bridge for sale, again layering the past and present”.

Juliana Inniss is a Barbadian ceramic artist who opened her Painted Earth studio in 1996. This studio was the first to introduce brightly painted pottery to the Barbadian market. She has won prizes in many exhibitions, such as The Crop Over Fine Craft competition, and NIFCA (National Independence Festival of Creative Arts), where she was nominated in 2004 for the Prime Minister’s Award. Since 2000, she has participated in Carifesta, and in March 2006, had her first regional solo show at the Devonish Art Gallery in Anguilla. In February 2006, she participated in a Barbadian group show at the Diaspora Vibe Gallery in Miami.