Vizyon Atistik | Live music with Fanmi Asòtò | Roots Without End
Ready to be immersed in the traditional sounds and rhythms of Haiti? Come out to HCX for a night of live music with Fanmi Asòtò, a Haitian cultural organization whose drum performances are rooted in Vodou and pay homage to the asòtò drum. If you haven’t seen Rasin San Bout yet, this is a wonderful opportunity to
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experience the exhibition while on view! Come through! Fanmi Asòtò’s performance will feature bandmates Sirene-Dantor Oliyaya Rene, Jean Guy Rene (Fanfan Tambo), Jude Yatande Sanon, Magalie Pierre, Pierreline Senat, Marie Danielle Leandre Pierre, and Piterson Georges. Fanmi Asòtò! Sunday, October 18, 2026 4–7pm Haiti Cultural Exchange 35 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn, NY On view from September 19 through November 15th. — About the Exhibition We are excited to announce our forthcoming exhibition in collaboration with the Archive of Alan Lomax (1915-2002), a pioneering ethnomusicologist for over six decades. From 1936-1937, at the urging of heralded African American anthropologist and author Zora Neale Hurston, Lomax traveled to Haiti to record the nation’s music and rituals on behalf of the US Library of Congress. The Association for Cultural Equity, which stewards Lomax’s archive, selected 40 essential recordings from the nearly 50 hours of recorded sound from Haiti. Building a conversation between the past and present, HCX invited visual artists of Haitian descent to respond and connect their own work through an Open Call. From textiles to film, the artists selected evoke both personal and resonant responses to the recordings that most spoke to them — from lullabies to Rara, from the sacred to the Konbit. The exhibition will feature curated pairings of recordings and artwork, connecting their modes of communion and communication over time and place. Curated by Régine M. Roumain and Micaela Walker — Featuring the work of: Laïssa Alexis • Love Aritus • Marie Casimir • Megan Delianne • Stephanie “Philomen” Dorceant • Jennica Drice • Sydney Rose Maubert • Christopher Mitchell • Marie Guilloto Stuppard • Zarita Zevallos Soundscape by Davidson Toussaint Technical support provided by ENU Builds — Learn more about the exhibition and artists here » Join the artists & curators for other activations taking place as part of this exhibition »