Ligia Lewis

The word "plot" has different meanings: a story or narrative, a piece of land or property, and the act of scheming or plotting.

In ›A Plot / A Scandal‹, Ligia Lewis engages themes of “scandal” and resistance on the island of Hispaniola and the greater Caribbean and weaves together a series of historical events, political laws, and mythical narratives: From John Locke’s treatise on white man’s ‘natural rights’ to life, liberty, and property to Jose Aponte’s revolutionary plot that led to the slave rebellion in 1812, to Lewis’s great-grandmother, a guiding figure for the community who unfolded alternative forms of resistance such as the Palo dance. Thus, ›A Plot / A Scandal‹ operates as a space of resistance, inviting the scandal of rebellion at the edges of storytelling.

›A Plot / A Scandal‹ was filmed within the medieval town of Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy.

Concept, Screen Play, Artistic Direction Ligia Lewis Performance Corey Scott-Gilbert, Ligia Lewis Scores George Lewis Jr. aka Twin Shadow, Wynne Bennett Director of Photography Moritz Freudenberg Editing Dragana Jovanović 

Commissioned by the Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA)