Craft Contemporary and foreigner take a virtual trip to the twin island cultural powerhouse of Trinidad & Tobago ๐น๐น on Friday, April 30th for ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ โ a live presentation of making what is widely considered the only acoustic instrument invented in the 20th century: the Steel Pan.
Originated in 1930s Trinidad & Tobago (in the shadows of British colonialism), the pan is a pitched percussion instrument, toned chromatically, made from steel drums that were originally derived from oil drums. The steel pan was forged from Carnival culture's reliance on homegrown percussive and melodic rhythm; a rhythm outlawed by colonial forces in an effort to erase African, Indian and Indigenous cultural expression.
The invention and evolution of the steel pan is a story of relentless craft, and we are connecting with one of the leading fabricators of the instrument to bring this story to the fore.
๐ง๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ก
Friday, April 30 @ 1pm
*Located in Laventille (the birthplace of the Steel Pan), Panland (our host and venue for the afternoon) is one of the leading manufacturers of Trinidad's national instrument.