Reimagining Borders was an intimate, week-long show featuring Guyanese visual arts held at the Rufaro Centre in South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, Guyana (Fig. 1). Curator Clairmont Chung has explained that the exhibition's title could be understood through multiple registers, speaking to issues that are “not just local—pertaining to Guyana—but globally” relevant and imperative to confront, such as the climate crisis. He elaborated that
And participate they did. The exhibition included around forty paintings, sculptures, and mixed media artworks by eighteen artists, including three short films screened and discussed in the gallery and on Zoom. While the week-long run was brief, a series of ten expansive panel discussions took place live in the gallery space and were simultaneously broadcast via Zoom to an international audience. The exhibition and accompanying panels featured an array of Guyanese artists practicing both “at home” and abroad: some with international acclaim and others currently...