TOM BOGAERT

TOM BOGAERT

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    • the one invented, twisted animator
    • 1971, Sun Ra in Egypt
    • pepsi, cola, water?
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    • Cracked Windshields
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    • And Did Those Feet
    • Ant Farm Nablus
    • Sounds neat
    • Syria objects
    • Minecraft Mausoleum
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During my visit to the 2013 Ghetto Biennale, I witnessed rara music in the streets of Haiti. Already researching Sun Ra’s visit to Egypt in the early 70’s, I discovered that the jazz legend had visited Haiti ten years earlier. It was in Port-au-Prince that he composed his masterpiece Rocket Number Nine, a track that bears striking resemblance to the traditional rara song Fize nimewo nèf.


In November 2015, I invited the rara band Kod Kreyòl to rehearse the forgotten track Fize nimewo nèf. They subsequently performed it at Lakou Twoket in downtown Port-au-Prince.


Sun Ra Ra was commissioned by the 4th Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.


Clocktower Radio interview
Ghetto Biennale
Lonely Planet
Art in America


Kod Kreyòl a.k.a. the Sun Ra Ra band


Arnaud Lauture
Chef d’orchestre – Maestro Tambourineur


Josil Joseph Rebert
Adjoint Tambourineur


Jean Ernst
Tambourineur


Nadine Frédérique
Chanteuse – Lead Vocal


Béatrice Frédérique
Chanteuse – Chœur


Vladimir Grégoire
Maestro du Cornet


Remy Robenson
Maestro du Cornet


Jules Ceremond
Cornet


George Elie Voyard
Cornet


Nestor Ricardo
Cornet


Annel Saintermont
Grage


Photos by Lazaros