OPENING PARTY

DONDERDAG 26 OKT 18-21H

STORYTELLING

MYTHS,MUSIC,

STARS &

CALENDARS

MAYAN BOOKS &

IMAGES

WERE BURNED

500 YEARS AGO

BUT THE

IMAGES

& ORIGINS

ARE BACK

24-29 OKTOBER 13-19H

MARTIN VAN BLERK GALLERY

MECHELSESTEENWEG 28

ANTWERPEN

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The Mayan Star Project

once upon a time

yes,once upon a time long long ago
we looked up at the sky
and we were inspired
the glory of the heavens
the twinkling of the stars
the movements of the planets

falling stars
comets
eclipses
we wondered
we were awed
some of us wrote poems
some of us wrote songs
some drew pictures
scherazade wrote 1001 stories
my grandparents read me the stories
i heard about the greek myths ,
the gods and goddesses
who inhabited mount olympus
hercules and chariots and diana
but alas, when i looked up at the sky

the best someone could offer me was the big dipper—the drinking gourd
which was good enough for the slaves in america to escape

but didn’t do much for my imagination

later when i looked up the constellations in astronomy books

i saw childish stick figures
where were the great heroes?

and when they did call an area of the sky a picture i could never really see it…

and nowadays in the over developed parts of the earth

we can no longer even see the stars

we have lost our visual antenna to the myths of humanity

until now

500 years ago …182, 625 days , 6191 full moons ago

before Cortes arrived in the Yucatan in the spring of 1519

and conquered Mexico 3 years later
the mayan civilization had mapped the stars
had chartered the movements of the planets
and had counted the days for 4700 years

they knew the cycles

and when the planets did something a little out of the ordinary

they made a story about it
as below so above
seemed to be their motto

with a few twists and incongruous juxtapositions

that only the sky can offer
mythical animals,skulls
the water pourer, pandora
men women children
in boats and canoes, in trees
thinking, fighting, making love
flying dogs,walking macaws
llamas, rattle snakes falcons eagles
turkeys, prairie dogs…
stoned out trippers
peyote rituals

shaman, axe wielding warriors
cowboys and hunters,
blood letting adolescents
drummers and flute players
dreaming women
dancing ducks…..
triumphant jaguars
wolfish priests

In 1562, july 12, fray Diego de Landa decided to burn

all the books he could find.
He would destroy all the superstitions
that these backward people
believed in he said.
The people were greatly pained

by the burning he noted.
At the same time the Spanish
prohibited the people
from making their own books-
made from the bark of the amate tree..
Lucky for us , one book —almost complete,

was spared the fires…

maybe de Landa brought it back to Spain

to show his superiors

what he had burned without prior higher approval,
or maybe it was entrusted to someone to hide
or maybe it was just brought back as a curiosity…

or perhaps Cortes sent it to
emperor Charles V as a present.
here is the book again
our ancient life
re stored. re storied
for the generations to come
who will see the stars again
and know the cycles and
perhaps, themselves 

www.ken-post.com/

fragment uit Zaman (Patrick Le Bon 1983)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154023/

 
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Uitgezonden 11.07.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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Anton & The Colts – Gypsy Heart
Anton O’Donnell (live) – Keep On Keepin’ On, Madman On The Loose, Autumn Forest Eyes, The Summer That Could Never Be Outdone, Skulduggery
Anton & The Colts – My Favourite Song
Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
Erwin Invisible – In Pamplona on the Invisible Nowhere Road
The Beatles – Nowhere Man
Ken Post (live) – The Tease
Nina Hagen – Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Chrysta Bell – Somewhere in the Nowhere
Ken Post – Don’t You Worry Mama, Over the Rainbow
Les Négresses Vertes – Voilà l’été
Bob Dylan – You Ain’t Going Nowhere
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Nowhere
Dead Moon – To Nowhere Down
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

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Uitgezonden 27.06.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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Mississippi Fred McDowell – You gotta move
Ethnobeat – Baikal Ice
People from the Banks Islands, Vanuatu – Water drumming
The Monkees – The Monkees Theme
Andre Brasseur – The Monkey
Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business
Dance Monkey Dance – Higher and Higher
Travelling Wilburys – Tweeter And The Monkey Man
The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
Ken Post (live) – Animal
Kevin Coyne – Tell the Truth
Van Morrison – The Prophet Speaks
Tom Waits – Ice Cream Man
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – Ice Cream Man
Tom Waits, John Lurie & Roberto Benigni – I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream
Tim Visterin – De Vogel
Feathers and More (live) – I’ll Fly Away, Aan den Oever van de Schelde
Melanie – Nickel Song
The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Manfred Mann – Fox On The Run
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott & Derroll Adams – Aint It A Shame
Inuit – Katajjait sung by a solo voice
Joni Mitchell & The Band – Coyote
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Uitgezonden 20.06.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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The Bonzo Dog Band – The Sound of Music
Erwin Invisible & Fred the Dutchman (live in Alquezar) – Wish You Were Here
Fela Kuti – Witchcraft
Arto Lindsay – Jardim Da Alma
Marco R. Wagner (live) – Fool Again; When It’s Too Late, It’s Too Late; Still on Standby; What’s Love Remains
Ken Post & Marco R. Wagner (live) – Give the Devil his Due
Marco R. Wagner (live) – The Road; Sad Eyes and a Smile
Erwin Invisible & Fred the Dutchman (live in Alquezar) – The Camping Blues
Ken Post, Marco R. Wagner & ‘tMuziekdooscollectief (live) – Spanish Stroll
Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison & Robert Coote – The Rain in Spain
Marco R. Wagner – Februari
Marco R. Wagner (live) – Hasta Luego, Please; presenting the tremelo-harmonica
Marco R. Wagner & Ken Post (live) – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Marco R. Wagner (live) – I Heard Your Voice Today
Marco R. Wagner – 1984
Marco R. Wagner (live) – These Days
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Uitgezonden 13.06.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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Dr. John – Zu Zu Mamou, Storm Warning, Such a Night, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya,  I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Van Morrison, George Benson, Dr. John, Santana, Etta James & Tom Scott – Moondance
Dr John feat. Anthony Kiedis – Shut D Fonk Up
Dr. John – Mac’s Boogie, Cruella De Vil, Revolution
Stef Kamil Carlens – Making Butter, Baking Bread
Bram Vermeulen – De Steen
Wannes Van De Velde – Een Schip
Leon Redbone – Shine On Harvest Moon
Robert Crumb And The Cheap Suit Serenaders – Singing in the Bathtub
Weldon Irvine – Bananas
Big Mama Thornton – I Shall Be Released
Tom McClung – Butterfly
Archie Shepp / Tom McClung – Round Midnight
Marion Brown – Maimoun
Dr. John – Mama Roux, It Ain’t No Use

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Uitgezonden 06.06.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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Front 242 – Lovely Day
Dave Baby Cortez – Cat Nip
Maurice & Mac – You Left The Water Running
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger – Save The Country
Joan Baez (with Jeffrey Shurtleff) – One Day At A Time
Wishbone Ash – Open road
Hanna Fearns – Queen of England
Hanna Fearns (live) – Turn On The Light, Shady Day, It Never Rains In Southern California, Ocean, The Golden Age, Running Away
Hanna Fearns – Act Of Grace, When I‘m Falling
Dominga Tango (live) – Danzarín, Lo que vendrá, Morena, Nocturna
Tom Waits – Tango till they’re sore
Arno – Tango de la peau
Ken Post – Cathedral bells
Fred Van Hove – Tango Reveil
Goran Bregovic – Tango

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Uitgezonden 30.05.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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Black To Comm – Spiralen Der Erinnerung
Freek de Jonge En Stips – Heer Heb Meelij (Met De Belgen)
DAAU – delete alt and undo
Butsenzeller – Voteshutupworkconsume
Logic – The Warning
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Passage to Promise
Melanie – Beautiful People
Bob Marley – Stir It Up
Mauro Pawlowski – Come share my mood
Blurt – People Can Fly
Nat King Cole – Straighten Up & Fly Right
Skip James – I Want To Be More Like Jesus
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got
Luc De Vos – Ode an die Freude
Sonic Youth – Youth Against Fascism
Muerti – Antifascist Oi !
AC/DC – Highway to Hell
Heaven 17 – We Don’t Need No Fascist Groove Thing
Eno & Hyde – The Satellites
Sun City Girls – Shanghai Satellite
Lou Reed – Satellite of Love
Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
Jan Vercammen– Daddy Swa, Electric Negative
Bob Marley – Redemption Song
Feathers & More – Fairy Man (live @ Wedding Ingrid & Oswald)
A NYC Cabbie – Counting To 100 In French
Armand – In De Kosmos
Gert – Kweek zelf of koop lokaal
Feathers & More (live) – More, April Come She Will
Woody Guthrie – Tear the fascists down
Donovan – Jabberwocky
King Britt feat. Bahamadia – Transcend
Arbeid Adelt! – Met Kuifje In De Satelliet
David Bowie – Looking For Satellites
Sun Ra – Lights on a Satellite
Andre Brasseur – Early Bird Satellite
Hawkwind – Satellite

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Uitgezonden 23.05.2019 in De Muziekdoos op Radio Centraal 106.7 FM (Antwerp)

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Nahko Bear – Warrior People
Al O’Kane – I’m for Frome
Stef Kamil Carlens & Arno – You Gotta Move
Trilok Gurtu – African Fantasy
Marva Hodge & Moody Sec – Let The Sun Shine In
Tina Turner – Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Shirley Wahls – We’ve Got To Keep On Moving On
Elena Madera – Pu-Chun-Ga
Etran Finatawa – Surbajo
Daniel Lanois – Luna Samba
Tim Buckley – Wayfaring Stranger
Lester Young & John Coltrane – Exercise in Swing Tk2
Ben Miller Band – 23 Skidoo
23 Skidoo – Catch 23
‘tMuziekdooscollectief – Doellied, ik weet het niet (Herman J. Claeys)
Cornelis Vreeswijk – De laatste tocht van een speelman
Best of Friends – Pilgrim song
Dorre – Greatest Amount of Life Force
Linus + Skarbø/Leroux – Down
Droma of Talo – Pilgrim’s Song
David Lindley & Wally Ingram – Pilgrim Song/The Circle Be Unbroken
Gétatchew Adamassu – Tezeta (Slow)
Oscar Aleman – Just A Little Swing
Sun Ra – Between Two Worlds
Talking Heads – What A Day That Was
Gert – De Afgrond In

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