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Friday, February 10, 2006

Side by Side We Stand - Tassa and Soca

Prayers and offering to Ali Asghar at the Hosay observations in St. James, Trinidad, West Indies, 2006

Where in any country would you observe a religious rite side by side to a pub blaring soca music from large fete speakers, and with couples grinding on the curb holding alcohol bottles loosely and swinging in tempo ? In Trinidad and Tobago of course.

The origins of the Tassa drum is an adaptation from the classical Indian Tabla drum. The drum consists of a clay base where the goat skin is stretched over and held by straps. If this drum falls it will shatter. A hybrid to the Tassa is a drum made from iron sea buoy cut in half. The shell is fitted with a synthetic material taken from a drum kit, and the quality of the sound produced from this instrument is in comparable to the natural goat skin. Only a keen instrumentalist may pick up on its flaws. Tassa drums are heated to preserve its pitch.

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Richard Bolai lives and works from Trinidad, West Indies. He is a bookbinder,Graphic designer and the author of thebookmann, which from 2004, has written and photographed independently aspects of Trinidad and Tobago's art culture.

In 2008, he began a series of self studies called Feinin which incorporated digital superpositions of artists who have left a mark in art history by using the internet as the core of reference. He also produced parodies relating to anthropological studies of Trinidad and Tobago, for example, folklore or observations of the society via class and stereotypes

The work then expanded by actually creating dimensional replicas, capturing a map over the subjects to explore the underling subconscious in the form of art. This aided the ability to analyze art by producing art parodies to understand the meaning behind it. No money was spent or assistance in producing these compositions from common items found in his home, a chair, a mirror, or old tyre.

The artists lists includes, da Vinci's Last Supper, Koons's dog, Hirst's spin paintings, Andres Serrano's piss Christ to Monet to name a few, over one hundred artists' have been completed, producing one in every 24 hour cycle.

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