En français :)

Un petit article qui présente parfaitement mon livre, à l'occasion de mon passage (que j'attends depuis des mois avec impatience!) à la Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon ce vendredi 20 octobre :

RENCONTRE

Bristol, massive capitale

Mélissa Chemam vient présenter à Lyon son ouvrage contant l'histoire de Massive Attack et de la scène de Bristol.

par SÉBASTIEN BROQUET

MARDI 17 OCTOBRE 2017

Le petit bulletin de lyon

Bristol est soudainement apparue sur la carte musicale au début des années 90, s'imposant comme capitale à part entière au même titre que Manchester ou Londres,  dans la foulée d'un genre qui lui colle à la peau : le trip hop. C'est Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky qui ont dessiné l'âme de cette ville telle que notre imaginaire s'en est emparé aujourd'hui. À Bristol la multiculturelle, les premiers breakbeats de la drum&bass se sont aussi fait le crocs, grâce à Roni Size. Mais pas seulement : dans le sillage de Massive Attack, s'est propagé l'onde de choc murale du street artiste Banksy...

Mélissa Chemam s'est penchée sur cette histoire, centrant son propos sur Robert Del Naja, alias 3D, membre de Massive Attack, et Banksy - sachant qu'un journaliste a récemment émis la théorie que les deux ne seraient en fait qu'une seule et même personne, ce que dément l'auteur du livre. La journaliste, plutôt que d'écrire une biographie, conte par leurs parcours l'histoire de cette ville, l'impact de la traite des esclaves sur ce port, son métissage précoce, le côté rebelle qui a nourri cette cité depuis le 18e siècle, sa culture également, cinéphile comme musicale. Et enfin, l'arrivée de la musique électronique, du home studio, des sampleurs, qui permettra à tout ce terreau fertile de faire émerger une scène florissante.

Dans son ouvrage En dehors de la zone de confort : De Massive Attack à Banksy, Mélissa Chemam retrace ce foisonnement, après avoir rencontré sur place nombre des acteurs de cette scène et des collaborateurs de Robert Del Naja, puis lui-même, pourtant réputé inaccessible, avant de continuer à échanger des emails avec lui. Elle dessine un portrait intime de la ville autant que de Del Naja, musical mais aussi politique - les deux étant marqués par un engagement sans cesse renouvelé. 

Capitales Musiques : Bristol, par Mélissa Chemam
À la Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu le vendredi 20 octobre à 18h30

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Merci!

Lien vers le site : http://www.petit-bulletin.fr/lyon/animations-connaitre-article-59230-Bristol++massive+capitale.html  

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Capitales musiques : Bristol

Conférence musicale avec Mélissa Chemam, auteure de "En dehors de la zone de confort : de Massive Attack à Banksy" Bibliothèque de la Part-Dieu 30 boulevard Vivier Merle Lyon 3e

Vendredi 20 octobre 2017 à 18h30

voir les salles et horaires

"Things are not getting worse.... They are getting uncovered!"

Just a thought... Busy day. If I had time to write everything I should, I wouldn't stop to sleep.
And you wouldn't even have time to read half of it...
So better for you all that I'm busy!

This year though, as hard as it has been for most people, is a turning point, we are fighting for the right things, the right path.

Never give up!

#History #BlackHistoryMonth #sexualharassment #violence #domination #alienation #familylies #colonialism... #thingsarenotgettingworse #theyaregettinguncovered #truth #socialchange #forabettersociety #lifttheveil #timesofchange #progress #socialjustice #femaleempowerment #equality #fightforyourrights 

THE GOLDEN HOUSE

 Once upon a time, in a land far far away was born a little girl of nomadic parents, destined to not much... But who got given a huge pile of luck.

 Far, far from a very weird month of August, here we are in a gorgeous October in Paris and I cannot say enough how lucky I feel. The people and events responsible for so much joy know who they are!

My only problem in life is that there is too much good books and articles to read!! I hardly have time for theatre and concerts anymore. No, but I do :)

Here is a picture from the lovely Indian Summer we have here in Paris:

And here is amazing news from the publishing world! This sounds like a fascinating read, I cannot wait:

Extract: 

Chapter 1

On the day of the new president’s inauguration, when we worried that he might be murdered as he walked hand in hand with his exceptional wife among the cheering crowds, and when so many of us were close to economic ruin in the aftermath of the bursting of the mortgage bubble, and when Isis was still an Egyptian mother-­goddess, an uncrowned seventy-­something king from a faraway country arrived in New York City with his three motherless sons to take possession of the palace of his exile, behaving as if nothing was wrong with the country or the world or his own story. He began to rule over his neighborhood like a benevolent emperor, although in spite of his charming smile and his skill at playing his 1745 Guadagnini violin he exuded a heavy, cheap odor, the unmistakable smell of crass, despotic danger, the kind of scent that warned us, look out for this guy, because he could order your execution at any moment, if you’re wearing a displeasing shirt, for example, or if he wants to sleep with your wife. The next eight years, the years of the forty-­fourth president, were also the years of the increasingly erratic and alarming reign over us of the man who called himself Nero Golden, who wasn’t really a king, and at the end of whose time there was a large—­and, metaphorically speaking, apocalyptic—­fire.

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Everything is golden!

Thank you! 

ABOUT THE GOLDEN HOUSE

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture—a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities

On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king—a queen in want of an heir.

Our guide to the Goldens’ world is their neighbor René, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down.

Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie’s triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention—a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age.

Praise for The Golden House

“If you read a lot of fiction, you know that every once in a while you stumble upon a book that transports you, telling a story full of wonder and leaving you marveling at how it ever came out of the author’s head. The Golden House is one of those books. . . . [It] tackles more than a handful of universal truths while feeling wholly original.”—The Associated Press

“The Golden House . . . ranks among Rushdie’s most ambitious and provocative books [and] displays the quicksilver wit and playful storytelling of Rushdie’s best work.”—USA Today

“[The Golden House] is a recognizably Rushdie novel in its playfulness, its verbal jousting, its audacious bravado, its unapologetic erudition, and its sheer, dazzling brilliance.”—The Boston Globe

'Daydreaming'

On October the 15th, 1990, a time of great great changes for the world politically and socially, Bristol offered us his song:

Massive Attack - 'Daydreaming'

(featuring 3D, Tricky and Shara Nelson) 

Here is an audio recording of a great live version, with 3D, Daddy G and Deborah Miller:

Massive Attack Live in Vienna - 1998 - 'Daydreaming'

Then 25 years later, 3D and Tricky gave us that amazing song:

Massive Attack with Tricky - Live - Hyde Park: 'Take It There'

What can I add? Thank you! Thank you very much...

'Human Flow', by Ai WeiWei

 A film I would have loved to contribute to...
Out in the US this week and worldwide soon.

Human Flow - Official Trailer  

Published on 18 Aug 2017

A ground-breaking new documentary about the global refugee crisis from Ai Weiwei.

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» Check out more Human Flow : humanflow.com

About Human Flow:
Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future. Human Flow comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever. This visceral work of cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?




Amazon Studios, Participant Media and AC Films present Human Flow, a film directed by Ai Weiwei. The producers are Ai Weiwei, Chin-chin Yap and Heino Deckert. Andy Cohen of AC Films with Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann of Participant Media are the executive producers.

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Human Flow Official Trailer [HD] | Amazon Studios
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Ai Weiwei on "Human Flow," criticizes hardening attitudes on refugees | "We all bear responsibility"

Published on 27 Sep 2017

Ai Weiwei's new documentary "Human Flow" looks at the hardening attitudes towards refugees and the less fortunate. He also talks about his own safety as an outspoken artist in China.

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Lady Nade presents 'Waiting For You'

 In association with Avalon Films Uk, Kilver Court Secret Gardens, Taylor Guitars &  Oriolo.co.uk

Lady Nade presents her 'Waiting For You' Official Video:

Lady Nade | Waiting For You

 www.ladynade.co.uk

Published on 13 Oct 2017

Lady Nade - Waiting For You (Official Video)

Filmed & Directed by : Avalon Films Uk
Sponsored Location: Kilver Court Gardens
Endorsed by Taylor Guitars
Featuring Jewellery: Oriolo Designs
Make Up/Stylist: Natalie & Ella Wright

Debut Album Out Now on Kitchen Studio Records
Shop: www.ladynade.co.uk

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"A GHOST STORY"

Oh... My... G...

I've seen this two-minute trailer, I'm already hooked.

"A writer writes a novel, a songwriter writes a song. We do what we can to endure"...

"We build our legacy piece by piece, and maybe the whole world will remember you or maybe just a couple of people, but you do what you can to make sure you're still around after you're gone"...


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A GHOST STORY Official Trailer (2017) 

Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Romance Fantasy Movie 

Published on 2 Apr 2017

A GHOST STORY

Music and politics: UK Grime, the new punk?

 Very interesting article:

Grime is the new punk – here’s why

12 octobre 2017
The Conversation UK
Mykaell Riley

Principal Investigator, Black Music Research Unit, University of Westminster

If you’re British and don’t know much about grime, you’re in the minority. The influence of the music genre has ballooned in the UK in the last year, and it’s on track to become as disruptive and powerful as punk. 

In the last year, album sales of grime music have grown significantly faster than the total UK music market (93% vs 6%) and the number of grime events on sale through Ticketmaster and Ticketweb has quadrupled since 2010. Our new study into the public reception of grime music found that 73% of Brits are aware of grime, with 40% having listened to it at some point.

In line with this trend, between this award season and the last, the genre has attracted more red carpet appearances, awards and accolades than any other. We’ve also witnessed the usual grime attire of baseball caps and designer tracksuits become more interchangeable with dinner jackets and bow ties. And why not, if you can have your brand enhanced by Emporio Armani (in the case of Dizzee Rascal), or feature on the front cover of GQ magazine (as did Stormzy).

Social media report and average listener. Mykaell Riley, Author provided

For the first time, our research corroborates these claims. We surveyed 2,000 grime fans and 58% of these said they voted for Labour during the 2017 election, with one-in-four (24%) saying that the #Grime4Corbyn campaign influenced their vote. It’s clear that #Grime4Corbyn gave a voice to the younger generation and influenced the way they voted. 

Those more familiar with the genre will know that this success is hard-won and reflects the efforts of an underground, predominantly black British music community, that has pioneered this scene since the early 2000s and beyond. Back then, in the bedrooms of East London council estates, the next generation of young producers and MCs were creating a brutal, edgy, uncompromising music. It was the sound of social deprivation emerging from the shadows of reurbanisation and gentrification.

Leap forward to the present and the genre once dubbed the sound of London’s social underclass has blossomed. With its successes in both the singles and album charts, its arrival on the festival circuit and its growing international following, grime continues to defy industry assessments of its potential. 

This is why it still could provoke the most disruptive cultural transformation of the British music industry since punk. With the leading names now regulars on the festival circuit and capable of packing London’s Wembley or the O2, grime has verified its credentials. Grime still has some distance to travel with regards to its international profile but within the UK, it has already secured recognition from the music industry as the most successful black British music genre – and not unlike punk, transformed perceptions and approaches to popular music.

Favourite artists. Mykaell Riley, Author provided

Live shows have also transformed ideas about grime’s audience, often seen jostling and bumping into each other in response to the performance. At early gigs, primarily attended by young black men in small venues, this activity would have been described as aggressive and potentially violent. But today, at larger venues and festivals and with it’s change of audience it’s more likely to be described as “moshing”. 

So the tide, it seems, has turned. Or has it? Grime is still struggling to transform negative perceptions within the London Metropolitan Police force, who use the controversial Form 696. This is a risk assessment form that is applied solely to events that “predominantly feature DJs or MCs performing to a recorded backing track” – and is therefore seen by many as discriminatory. It has been used by the police to shut down a number of grime events on the grounds of “public safety”, negatively impacting on the income streams of performers and promoters alike.

Nonetheless, in 2017, grime demonstrates the promise of a complex and diverse music industry. It also shows that a journey fuelled by enterprise, entrepreneurialism and creativity has the potential to overcome such lingering negative perceptions to achieve even greater things.

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Raoul Peck appelle le Président haïtien Jovenel Moïse à ne pas soutenir la candidature du Qatar à la tête de l'UNESCO

L'UNESCO vote ce jeudi pour remplacer Irina Bokova à la tête de l'organisation Onusienne.

Le Qatari Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari et la Française Audrey Azoulay sont en tête des votes pour lui succéder.

Un message de Raoul Peck, ancien ministre de la Culture d'Haïti : 



Raoul Peck

43 mins · 

Dans le cadre des élections à la direction générale de l’UNESCO, les autorités haïtiennes auraient apporté leur voix au candidat Qatari. 

Les tractations diplomatiques et arrangements géopolitiques ne peuvent occulter le fait que le Qatar reste un État suspecté de violations massives des droits humains à l'encontre de sa population et de travailleurs migrants.

Ce positionnement est aux antipodes des valeurs que promeut l’UNESCO qui se veulent humanistes et universalistes. 

Il serait par conséquent regrettable qu’Haïti qui lutte encore pour l’égalité, la liberté et la démocratie confie sa voix à un État qui maltraite si souvent ces idéaux.

Je demande donc solennellement au Président Jovenel Moïse de ne pas soutenir la candidature du Qatar.

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In the context of the election of the UNESCO’s director-general post, the Haitian authorities have apparently given their voice to the Qatari candidate. 

Diplomatic negotiations and geopolitical arrangements can not overshadow the fact that Qatar remains a state suspected of massive human rights violations against its population and migrant workers.

This positioning is at the very opposite of the values ​​promoted by UNESCO which are humanistic and universalist.

It would therefore be regrettable that Haiti, which still struggles for equality, freedom and democracy, entrusts its voice to a State, which so often mistreats these ideals.

I therefore solemnly ask President Jovenel Moïse not to support the candidacy of Qatar.

Raoul Peck 

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Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari and Audrey Azoulay -- both former culture ministers -- win 18 votes apiece in battle to replace outgoing director-general Irina Bokova

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PARIS – 12 October 2017: Egypt’s candidate for UNESCO’s director-general post, Moushira Khattab obtained 18 votes in the fourth round of the voting process on Thursday, to be equaled with France’s candidate, while Qatar’s amassed 22 votes, according to Egypt Today's reporter in Paris. 

The board will cast a voting between Egyptian and French candidates early Friday to determine which will run for the fifth round of elections with Qatar's Kawari. 

Earlier on Thursday, Lebanese UNESCO director-general candidate, Vera Khouri (four votes), announced her withdrawal from the race in favor of the Egyptian candidate, just as the Chinese candidate Qian Tang (five votes) did too. 

Pham Sanh Chau of Vietnam withdrew before the third round. The first round was held Monday, and the second was held on Wednesday where Azerbaijan's nominee had withdrawn.  

The winning candidate must obtain 30 votes. 

The new director-general of UNESCO will be named on October 13. Then, 195 members in the General Conference will be appointed in view of recommendations from UNESCO’s Executive Board. 

"Le Poète aveugle"

Opening this week in Paris:

texte, mise en scène, images Jan Lauwers & Needcompany

avec 

Grace Ellen Barkey, Jules Beckman, Anna Sophia Bonnema, Hans Petter Melø Dahl, Benoît Gob, Maarten Seghers, Mohamed Toukabri, Elke Janssens, Jan Lauwers

musique 

Maarten Seghers

costumes 

Lot Lemm

costume Mohamed  

Bachir bin Ahmed bin Rhaïem El Toukabri

dramaturgie et surtitrage 

Elke Janssens

lumières 

Marjolein Demey, Jan Lauwers

son 

Ditten Lerooij, Marc Combas

conseil dramaturgique 

Jef Lambrecht, Lucas Catherine, Taha Adnan

traduction française 

Olivier Taymans

du 11 au 22 octobre 2017 

du mardi au samedi à 20h30 et le dimanche à 16h

spectacle en anglais, arabe, français, néerlandais, norvégien, tunisien surtitré en français

Grand Théâtre durée 

2h30 entracte compris

« Lorsque l’esprit est hésitant,
Il se laisse submerger par le monde,
Homme faible embrassé par une catin.
Lorsque l’esprit est devenu confiant,
Le monde est une dame de rang,
Qui refuse la caresse de ses amants. »

Abu al ‘ala al Ma’arri, vers 950

Accueilli pour la première fois à La Colline, Jan Lauwers appartient à une génération d’artistes qui réinventent une écriture mêlant parole, musique, installation et danse, comme autant de matériaux de fabrique de théâtre, le libérant ainsi de ses codes. Dans une liberté absolue dans le geste artistique, tout fait spectacle.

Une remontée dans le temps de l’Espagne du XIe siècle, celle de Cordoue et de sa mosquée-cathédrale, celle des chevaliers en quête du tombeau du Christ en Terre sainte, est matière à réflexion sur l’Islam d’aujourd’hui et l’échange entre les peuples. Dans une scénographie toujours en mouvement, vêtus de costumes chamarrés et entourés d’une montagne d’accessoires, les comédiens de différentes nationalités, cultures et langues témoignent de leur héritage, des folies effroyables qu’ont connues leurs aïeux. De cet héritage oublié, enfoui, naît le besoin de porter et dire au monde, faisant de nous des poètes aveugles.

Production

Needcompany
coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, FIBA – Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
avec le soutien des autorités flamandes

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Teaser :

Published on 15 Sep 2017

Le Poète aveugle de Jan Lauwers
présenté du 11 au 22 octobre - Grand Théâtre
http://www.colline.fr/fr/spectacle/le...