Pray to Flowers – A Plot of Disalienation (2022–2023)  and other works

Overview

Annalee Davis is a Barbadian visual artist whose practice combines history and biography in her discussions of ‘post-plantation economies’. Pray to Flowers – A Plot of Disalienation (2022–2023) is a site-specific installation involving the steady transformation of the Bait Al Hurma courtyard into a sanctuary and living apothecary, made in collaboration with Yoeri Guépin and others. The space features a suite of embroidered drawings mirroring the densely layered garden; A Blessing for Disalienation (2023), a soundtrack of spoken words; a seed repository, reading material and tea service. Referencing marginal lands within plantantions given to enslaved people for sustenance which became sites of resistance, this plot acknowledges the biosphere’s regenerative capacity.