 “Hide Away” is the name of this painting done by UWI MPhil candidate, Candice Sobers. Candice is presenting a thesis, “The Aesthetics of the Mundane: Techniques of Resourcefulness and Survival Among Working Class Trinidadians,” for this Cultural Studies degree. The practice-based research thesis is being accompanied by paintings, drawings and a handbook, “Threads of Survival: Sixty Resourceful Techniques for Family Life,” as part of a series of that would represent the body of her work for the MPhil. Her three-year research has been a fascinating story of the travails and triumphs of six families. Click here for more.
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