I SEE YOU  PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

 

I See You is Sonya Tanae Fort’s visual diary and ode to the places and people who have become a core part of her identity. Her subjects form a larger network of connections that transcend people and places. Both documentation and expression, her work captures the depth of feeling she has for her subjects and creates a space that unites themes of love, lineage, heritage, intimacy, community, memories, and self-reflection. Included in the exhibition is a section devoted to Fort’s travels to Cape Verde and the spirit of Morabeza — the uniquely Cape Verdean expression that encompasses a welcoming attitude, warmth, hospitality, community, and connection she has experienced both here and on the islands. Through friendship, family, community, language, and faith, Cape Verdean people and culture have greatly impacted her life. This exhibition is Fort’s thank you and “obrigadu” to the people, places, and values she holds dear. 

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A Note About Language

The text in this exhibition is presented in English and Cape Verdean Creole, or Kabuverdianu, the native language of Cape Verde. There are variants of Kabuverdianu across the nine inhabited islands of Cape Verde, and while it has been spoken for centuries, reading and writing the language is relatively recent thanks to the collaborative efforts of those who have played a role in advancing and promoting the language. The writing in this exhibition is presented mainly in Santiago variant because that is the one the artist is learning and speaks.​

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The exhibition is dedicated In Memory of Casper D. Fort, and Pauline Paulina Baptista Delact Evora

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SPECIAL EVENT

The Spirit of Morabeza – people, places and culture of Cape Verde, October 12, 2025, 5:00-7:00 pm

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N STA ODJABU SPUZISON DI FOTOGRAFIA

 

N Sta Odjabu é un diáriu vizual i un omenáji di Sonya Tanae Fort pa lugaris i pesoas ki bira párti isensial di se identidadi. Se trabadju ta forma un redi más grandi di koneksons ki ta bai alén di pesoas i lugaris. Es é tantu un dokumentason i spreson, ki ta kaptura profundidadi di sentimentus ki el ten pa ses sujeitus i kria un spasu ki ta uni témas sima amor, linhajen, eransa, intimidadi, kumunidadi, lenbransas i auto-reflekson.  Es spuzison ta inklui un sekson didikadu pa viajens ki Fort faze pa Cabo Verde i el ta kaptura sprítu di Morabeza — un spreson singular kabuverdianu ki ta engloba un atitudi ospitaleru, akonxegu, unidadi, kumunidadi i konekson ki el vive tantu na Mérka kómu na ilhas. Através di amizadi, família, kumunidadi, língua i fé, povu i kultura kabuverdianu tevi un grandi inpaktu na se vida. Es spuzison é un manera di Fort agradesi pesoas, lugaris i valoris ki el ta apresia txeu.

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Un observason sobri idioma ki uzadu

Testus na es spuzison sta na inglês i na kriolu cabo-verdiano ô kabuverdianu, língua nativa di Cabo Verde. Ten variantis di kabuverdianu na kes novi ilhas abitadu di Cabo Verde i, nbóra el ta pâpiadu dja ten séklus, leitura i eskrita di língua é relativamenti resenti, grasas pa sforsus kolaborativus di kes ki dizenpenha un papel na avansu i na prumuson di língua. Eskrita na es spuzison é aprizentadu prinsipalmenti na varianti di Santiago, pamodi é kel li ki artista sta ta prende i ta fala.​​

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Kel spuzison é didika na mimória di Memory of Casper D. Fort, i Pauline Paulina Baptista Delact Evora

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EVENTU SPESIAL

Spritu di Morabeza – pesoas, lugaris i kultura di Cabo Verde, 12 di October di 2025, 5:00-7:00 pm

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