In The Outside Fire, documentarian and artist Tamika Galanis gives a glimpse into the Bahamian tradition of cooking over open fire, largely abandoned in the modern capital but preserved by communities in the surrounding Family Islands. See glowing Cascarilla branches, ash-covered Dutch ovens, and thieving yard fowl collide over a Saturday feast in South Cat Island’s Port Howe.
Tamika Galanis is a documentarian and multimedia visual artist. A Bahamian native, Tamika’s work examines the complexities of living in a place shrouded in tourism’s ideal during the age of climate concerns. Emphasizing the importance of Bahamian cultural identity for cultural preservation, Tamika documents aspects of Bahamian life not curated for tourist consumption to intervene in the historical archive.
IG: @tamikagalanis
In The Outside Fire, documentarian and artist Tamika Galanis gives a glimpse into the Bahamian tradition of cooking over open fire, largely abandoned in the modern capital but preserved by communities in the surrounding Family Islands. See glowing Cascarilla branches, ash-covered Dutch ovens, and thieving yard fowl collide over a Saturday feast in South Cat Island’s Port Howe.
Tamika Galanis is a documentarian and multimedia visual artist. A Bahamian native, Tamika’s work examines the complexities of living in a place shrouded in tourism’s ideal during the age of climate concerns. Emphasizing the importance of Bahamian cultural identity for cultural preservation, Tamika documents aspects of Bahamian life not curated for tourist consumption to intervene in the historical archive.
IG: @tamikagalanis