TRANSCENDENCE

Rooted in the Aruban Carnival ritual of J’ouvert morning, Transcendence is a meditative video work that follows a solitary dancer, his body cloaked in white paint—an emblem of purity, ancestral memory, and spiritual cleansing. Through evocative movement and ritual gesture, he embarks on a transformative journey, peeling away layers of inherited constraint to reveal a state of liberation and renewal.
As the rhythm pulses in the background, the dancer channels both resistance and reverence, weaving together the sacred and the celebratory. This visual narrative becomes a conduit for healing, where memory dances with myth, and spirit breaks through the body—fluid, unbound, and transcendent.