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Jajouka, something good comes to you / Jajouka, algo bueno viene a ti, 2012
Vídeo, length: 60´, courtesy of the artists
Presented by Cinematheque de Tanger, Tanger MarruecosAs a thorn upon silk
-Women’s chant of Jajouka-Jajouka is a small village located in the hills of the Moroccan Rif. For over 2000 years they perpetrated magical rituals of fertility, the rituals of Pan, similar to roman Lupercales, as well as a unique music played by a brotherhood of musicians, The Master Musicians of Jajouka.Following the footsteps of Paul Bowles, Brion Gysin and Brain Jones, Eric and Marc Hurtado (founders of the group Etant Donnés) set off to film these adorators of Pan, these musicians who use their music for making miraculous healings witch take place at the tomb of the SaintSidi Ahmed Cheik.The film is polarized in the attraction between Bou- Jeloud (The father of Skin, Pan) and AïshaKandisha, female demon, goddess of the night and sources.A film of a violent poetry, balanced between documentary and fiction where the action is rooted in the trance of celebration and musical dementia, reflecting itself in a chid's tear , a flame, an eternal chant of women addressed to Man in the sky.
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Eric and Marc Hurtado. Born in Rabat, Morocco, Eric and Marc Hurtado founded in 1977 the group Etant Donnés that quickly became essential in the field of experimental film, performance and music concrete and experimental. Numerous collaborations with major artists of the international avant-garde music (Alan Vega, Genesis P.Orridge, Michael Gira, Lydia Lunch ...) Participation in prestigious festivals and exhibitions in Europe and the United States, Kassel Documenta 8, The Kitchen NYC, Matresss Factory Pittsburg, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Newcastle, Sonar Barcelona ,International Contemporary Art Biennale de Lyon, Centre Pompidou ,Foundation Cartier , Etrange Festival Paris, Transmusicales Rennes, Berlin Atonal. The films of Marc Hurtado went to Lorcano Festival in Swiss ,Luff festival in Lausanne, Microscope Gallery in New York, Stededelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and several retrospectives were dedicated to his films in the Festival du Réel in Centre Beaubourg in Paris and Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. His film BLEU is part of the collection of the Centre Beaubourg , AURORE of Museum of Modern Art of Villeurbanne and L’AUTRE RIVE of the Museum of Modern Art in Grenoble. Marc Hurtado has exhibited his paintings and videos in La Galerie du Jour in Paris, Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers, the Microscope Gallery in New York, Laurent Godin in Paris.Eric Hurtado had exhibited his photos in the Galerie AMU in Prague, the Musée des Abattoirs in Toulouse, the Biennale Internationale d'Art Contemporain in Lyon, the Consortium in Dijon, Art en Ile in Genève, Museum of Chambéry and the Museum of Grenoble.