Out of Focus
Leonore Mau and Haiti. An exhibition by U5
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PerformancePerformance Erol Josué
Duration:
approx. 90 minutes
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"At its centre is the tenor voice of Josué, stately and striking, bringing a mix of chants, invocations to the lwa (spirits) and homages to Haiti itself. ... A moving call for peace, reconstruction and spiritual rebirth." — Neil Spencer, The Guardian, on the album "Pelerinaj"
Erol Josué (1970, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Vodou priest, singer, dancer, educator, and Director General of the National Bureau of Ethnology. As an expert on the culture and history of Haitian Vodou, he is an internationally acclaimed artist, best known for his second album "Pelerinaj".
Josué is a Houngan Asogwe, a high-ranking male priest in Haitian Vodou. He describes himself as a bearer of traditions and a transmitter of memories, and is the founder of the dance company 21 Nanchon, the ancestral choir Neges Fla Vodou, and The Sacred Drums of Haiti. Active across the Americas, Europe, and Africa, he works to challenge stereotypical and negative representations of Vodou. As an ethnoscenologist, his work aims to defend and promote Haiti’s intangible heritage. His artistic creations are also acts of advocacy for social and metaphysical justice within the Vodou community. A multifaceted artist and tireless initiator, Erol Josué embodies a musical and identity-based revolution.
On the evening of 4 November, he will perform at the Lenbachhaus with percussionists Claude Saturne and Louissaint Jean Mary as part of the exhibition "Out of Focus. Leonore Mau and Haiti". Until now, he has only performed in Germany at the House of World Cultures. Until now, he has appeared in Germany only at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
In the context of the exhibition
Out of Focus
