A performance with a focus on the history of the traditional carnival character jab jab (jab molasses/devil ) and its contemporary presence in Hip Hop today.

Of recent this character has been enacted through - Doja Cat, Lil Nas x, Playboy Carti, Lil Uzi Vert and in previous years - Three 6 Mafia, DMX, Geto Boys, NWA

DIMANCHE engages with carnival’s temporality and shifting forms—exploring the intersection of the street, the set, the runway, the music video, live performance, and costuming. The performance featured five dancers, each embodying a hybrid character—a fusion of a traditional carnival figure and its contemporary cultural counterpart. This approach emphasized the continuity of Caribbean storytelling traditions while highlighting their global and modern-day resonances. 





DIMANCHE

anansi's web
launch campaign

photographer: sharmaarke adan
producer: nelta kasparian
creative dir/stylist: curtly thomas
art director: molly hackney
set design assistant: hermione fenton
hair: charles stanley
mua: billie mckenzie

models: seham aar, dayxa, iman, mohammed ali

SHARMAARKE ADAN

Anansi’s Web is a live archive curated by Curtly Thomas & Nelta Kasparian.

The web hosts research which begins with a focus on traditional carnival characters, their contemporary manifestations and commissions from contemporary artists who engage with these shifting forms.

In the spirit of transformation the site acts as a live host with constant shifts in visual/function and content.

For this first phase, the archive continues with Anansi’s oral and shape-shifting traditions with sonic and visual based works from Carl Gabriel, Nkisi, Suutoo, Samuel Hindolo and Sharmarke Adan.