WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? - KENNY DUNKAN

WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? is a visual and experimental travel diary by French-Guadeloupean artist Kenny Dunkan.

Invited by Criollo in 2023 to a one-month research residency in Guadeloupe, along with producer and curator Simon Gérard, Kenny spent his days exploring—not for the places themselves, but for the hidden spaces lodged within them. A challenging stay, in short: how to select, choose, sort? When to stop digging into the landscape? A procession of ants carrying large leaves, a street parade, the sounds of fauna and flora, the forest at his doorstep, the botanical garden a few minutes away… It is too much, everywhere, too vividly abundant. No background, no foreground—“just” one interconnected whole.

"Withdrawn into itself, cloaked in Guadeloupean darkness laced with sea spray and wind, the Creole night contains us. Once we become aware of its existence—and our existence within it—it becomes impossible to describe."

Foreword by Clio Lavau
Essay by Simon Gérard

English traduction by Helena Schummer
Guadeloupean Creole traduction by Ena Eluther

First edition of 200 Published by KERMESSE and Criollo in 2025
With the support of the Direction des affaires culturelles (DAC) Guadeloupe,
the French Ministry of Culture and Overseas Territories,
as well as the Department and the Region of Guadeloupe
and the Foundation for the Remembrance of Slavery