Garth Erasmus

via Pierre Tremblay

“South African artists: what’s next?” is a series of web documentaries showcasing the engaged artists of the post-apartheid era and their concerns about today’s South Africa.

"South African artists: What's next ?" Episode 2: Garth Erasmus from Pierre Tremblay on Vimeo.

Nege Fragmente Uit ses Khoi’npsalms

via African Noise Foundation

The raw intensities - and intimacies - of khoi’npsalms as decolonial aestheSis are brought to the fore in nege fragmente uit ses khoi'npsalms, an improvised music exploration that merges hauntological sounds of re-imagined Khoi music with 16th century Genevan psalm melodies and texts to engage with a fraught history through lament, protest and transcendent artistic co-creation. These loaded improvisations take place in the resonant acoustics of four different churches.

Marietjie Pauw plays flute, Garth Erasmus plays Khoi-memory on bow and blik’nsnaar, and Francois Blom plays organ. Texts by Garth Erasmus | Concept by Marietjie Pauw | shot, edited and directed by Aryan Kaganof | 2018 | 20min 59sec. | HDV | Afrikaans | stereo | black & white | South Africa |

00'38" Psalm 65

04'32" Psalm 62

06'35" Psalm 65

12'08" Psalm 8

12'57" Psalm 47

16'10" Psalm 45

19'58" Psalm 62