The name taki mati translates playfully to ‘talking, branching, and friending’ in various creole languages // Nduykan, Sranan Togo, and Papamiento(u) // spoken in Suriname, Aruba, and Curaçao.
This online version is a visual conversation among artist friends, exploring imagery across the Caribbean region.
taki mati began as an online map in 2014 called Caribbean Art Space, started by Fresh Milk. It continues to function as an interactive map and working directory for artists and students discovering art spaces in the region. taki mati grows from this geography and network, as an ongoing collection of images and text to come back to.
taki mati uses a blog, map, radio, and newsletter to publish and stay in touch. Small gestures and experiments that are built around ‘talking, branching, and friending’ with Caribbean art spaces.