At the confluence of the rainforest and the ocean - Soufrière is the original capital of the island of St Lucia. Founded by French plantation estate owners and eventually settled by the survivors of the slave trade, it has faced centuries of invasion, guerrilla warfare and severe natural disaster. Today, the burdens of history are submerged beneath preoccupations with the tourist trade, and the day-to-day lives of its inhabitants. Lone figures rest in the cool of the Market Square, contemplative and undisturbed. Deserted town houses nestle amongst expectant rum bars and heaving coconut trucks. A twisted pattern fishing nets appears striped candy on a seaside pier - a cruel visual reminder of the town’s origins, whose ocean cargos were charged with transporting the fruits of rotten labour. Glimpses of the everyday intersect with sublime ruin; unruly natural forces amidst domestic cultivation, humble industry coinciding with historical trauma. This is a community borne from survivors, and alive with the stories of that past.