Boujeloud: Father of Skins

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BIGHT OF THE TWIN
Vogue Theatre Sat, Jun 10, 2017 4:45 PM

An experimental visual and musical journey that examines artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and the Vodun practitioners of Benin, Africa. The nature of the project changed when Genesis was serendipitously initiated into the ?Twin Fetish??a tradition within Vodun that honors twins and has some surprising parallels to Genesis? own artistic practice.

BIGHT OF THE TWIN
Roxie Theatre Mon, Jun 12, 2017 9:30 PM

An experimental visual and musical journey that examines artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and the Vodun practitioners of Benin, Africa. The nature of the project changed when Genesis was serendipitously initiated into the ?Twin Fetish??a tradition within Vodun that honors twins and has some surprising parallels to Genesis? own artistic practice.

Film Info
Director:daragh mccarthy
Running Time:27 min.

Description

The Master Musicians of Joujouka; (Sufi trance musicins or a "4 thousand year old rock and roll band" ?) were brought to the attention of westerners by Beat Generation luminaries William Burroughs, Paul Bowles & Brion Gysin. Filmed in 2008 over three days in the Rif Mountains of Morocco where the Master Musicians of Joujouka perform the Rite of Boujeloud and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1968 recording of the album Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka.