AWAKEN BY WIND

The bogeyman known as Cucuy is said to lurk in the shadows and steal children and adults while they are sleeping. It is a shapeshifting beast that creeps in the shadows, beneath rooftops, or in houses that have been abandoned. Never go to bed by yourself on a night that might potentially be stormy. The tale of Cucuy of Coco has been told in many countries throughout the globe. It is possible to locate it in a number of different places along the routes used by the Spanish and Portuguese colonisers. During a rainy night in Goa, India, I was jolted awake by a tremendous thunderclap. In the shadows, my fantasies and the actual world mingled, and I made an effort to document the experience through photographs. The images were captured at various times of the day and night in the vicinity of former homes inhabited by Portuguese people who once lived in Aldona and along the Mandovi River.