The 6th Ghetto Biennale 2019 will take place from the 29th November until the 20th December 2019.
The programming of performances, workshops and screenings will take place during the weeknd starting 14th December and the event displaying the works created during the process to open to the public on the 18th December.
6th GHETTO BIENNALE ENGLISH PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 14 December
12-1pm
LIVE SCULPTURAL CREATION
LAKOU KOMBATON
Sebastioan Godret (FR) & Patrick Elie aka Kombaton (HT) will produce & present a new collaborative artwork.
6-7pm
GETO GUCCI
LAKOU LILI
Carima Neusser (SW), Adriana Guerrier (HT), Michel Lafleur (HT) & Jerry Reginald Chery aka Twoket perform dance, music & video
SUNDAY 15 December
6-7pm
REVOLUTION COOL KEPOPOZ
LAKOU CLAUDE
Per Hüttner (SW) & Jean-Claude Saintilus (HT) perform dance, music & video
MONDAY 16 December
3-4pm
MEMORY OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION
LAKOU EUGENE
Piroska É. Kiss (HU) will host a collective memory card game based on the Haitian Revolution.
6-9pm
FILM SCREENINGS
DREAMERS SHOWING IN MEMORY OF THE LIFE OF HAITIAN ARTIST GERARD FORTUNE
LAKOU EUGENE
Chronicles of the Voiceless by Pierre Adler (HT)
Masisi Wouj Trailer by Yonel Charles (HT), Ze Kielwagen (BR), Marcos Serafim (BR), & Steevens Simeon (HT).
The Empress | The Revolutionary by Gina Cunningham (US)
Jacques Duffourc (US) & Whitney Raynor (US)
Dessalines’ Dream Set America Free by Jean Frederic aka Wabba Upking (HT)
Goat Vision by Ze Kielwagen (BR), Jean-Daniel Lafontant (HT), Marcos Serafim (BR), & Steevens Simeon (HT).
Dreamers by Jorgen Leth (DK)
Marché Salomon by Beatriz Santiago Munoz (PR)
TUESDAY 17 December
11am-12pm
BWA CAYMAN
LAKOU PAPA DA
Jean Robert Alexis (HT) presents two of his paintings and reflects on the differences between the unity of the Haitian Revolution and the divided political situation in contemporary Haiti.
3-4pm
MEMORY OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION
LAKOU EUGENE
Piroska É. Kiss (HU) will host a collective memory card game based on the Haitian Revolution.
3-6pm
MASKE PASKE WI
PLACE JEREMIE
Noel Edgard aka Papoche (HT), Alia Farid (KW/PR) & Loiuis Kervans aka Bakari (HT) will stage a costume and pose competition as a collective artwork.
WEDNESDAY 18 December
9am
RARA OPENING PROCESSION
FROM OLOFFSON TO LAKOU EUGENE
All participants in the Ghetto Biennale will parade from the Hotel Oloffson to Lakou Eugene with Ra Ram playing Rara and Noel Edgard aka Papoche (HT) performing with Andre Eugene’s (HT) sculpture. Jacques Duffourc (US) & Whitney Raynor (US) have prepared an artwork of imaginative accessories for participants to wear.
4-5pm
WALLS AND DOORS OF VERTIÈRES
ROOFTOP EUGENE
Reginald Senatus (HT) will give a lecture presenting his new work.
6-7pm
PATAJ
LAKOU TWOKET
The Living & the Dead Ensemble (HT) will perform poetry with music.
THURSDAY 19 December
11-12pm
MAWONAJ ESKLAV
LAKOU EUGENE
Ronaldo Duborgne (HT) will give a performative lecture on the Haitian Revolution.
3-4pm
MEMORY OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION
LAKOU EUGENE
Piroska É. Kiss (HU) will host a collective memory card game based on the Haitian Revolution.
3-6pm
HAITI o AYITI
LAKOU TWOKET
Cecilia Lisa Eliceche (AR) & Leandro Nerefuh (BR) present a choreographic experiment with dance, food & sounds in homage to the riches of this territory and its history of resistance.
6pm-late
ALL-STAR COMMUNITY RADIO AND SOUND SYSTEM
LAKOU LEKOL
DJ Afifa aka Afifa Nzinga Badiliko (JM) & Reuben Telushkin (US) are presenting an installation which asks ‘what will it take to continue to preserve African culture, our humanity and determine our future?’ They propose to explore this with a community music & arts installation.
6pm-7pm
FIGHT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
LAKOU LEKOL 2
Olwitchneider Sainclair (HT) will try to identify the intellectual tools needed for making another mental or physical revolution with music and poetry.
FRIDAY 20 December
3-4pm
MEMORY OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION
LAKOU EUGENE
Piroska É. Kiss (HU) will host a collective memory card game based on the Haitian Revolution.
4-5pm
KÒ AK MO
LAKOU EUGENE
Muscadin Fritzgerald (HT) will present poetry with sound and graffiti performance on the subject of the violence in Haiti and beyond
5-5.30pm
WOMEN ARE THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY
LAKOU EUGENE 6
Katelyn Alexis (HT) will make a work in the name of the creator of the Haitian flag, Catherine Flon.
5.30pm-6pm
LET’S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER FOR CHANGE
LAKOU EUGENE 6
Patrick Elie aka Kombatan (HT) will create work whilst asking questions how do we come together to change the political situation.
6eme GETO BYENAL 2019 PROGRAM EN KREYOL
SAMDI 14 Desanm
12-1pm
KREYASYON SKULTUR
LAKOU KOMBATON
Sebastian Godret & Patrick Elie aka Kombaton pral pwodwi & prezante yon nouvo kolaborasyon ak travay atistik .
6-7pm
GETO GUCCI
LAKOU LILI
Carima Neusser ak Jerry Reginald Chery aka Twoket, Adriana Guerrier & Michel Lafleur fè dans kontanporen.
DIMANCH 15 Desanm
6-7pm
REVOLISYON POZE KEPOPOS
LAKOU CLAUDE
Per Hüttner & Claude Saintilus pèfòmans odyo-vizyèl.