Showing posts with label Orishic Djembe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orishic Djembe. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

George Smith's new sculpture has five drumming stations.....

Orishic Djembe

An Art Piece, a Drum, an Artifact!

This object is a symbolic depiction of the interface between visual art and cultural artifact ~ hinting of the merger of the visual with the percussive sound experience.
Djembe (pronounced Jim Bay) a type of west African drum
Orisha (O-ree shah) A category of African mythological spirit entities, associated with trance phenomena.