TROPICAL FACELIFT
(Raymond Bowen, 2024)
“It’s that time of year again—where we paint the palm trees and dust off the coconuts.”
Preparation for high season isn’t what it used to be. On SXM, palm trees are primed like storefronts, leaves are painted fresh, and coconuts are hung like decorations. Nature’s beauty, though manufactured, welcomes tourists back each year, offering them a perfected paradise where even the trees get their seasonal glow-up.
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“The Many Lives of SXM” by St Martiner (Raymond Bowen)
Step into the future of St Martin/Sint Maarten through this visionary online art exhibition. Bowen reimagines the island’s evolution, blending technology, nature, and history to create alternate realities from AD 2248 and beyond.