Tom Bogaert is holding a constructivist-style performative artist talk about the current state of his ongoing project 'Sun Ra in Egypt' at Townhouse Gallery in Cairo. The artist will be discussing the provisional outcome of his research alongside live experiments during his performance.

‘Sun Ra in Egypt’ is a research-based project that examines Sun Ra’s personal mythology of Cosmic Philosophies, Black Nationalism, Freemasonry and various other spiritual belief systems many of which were derived from ancient Egypt.
The project consists of a series of exploratory works with public outcomes illustrating stages of work-in-progress. In line with how Sun Ra crafted his otherworldly universe, the project will maintain an independent approach of low-production and self-production. The resulting work will take the form of performances, live jazz concerts, a publication and an exhibition in Cairo in 2014.

BIO
Tom Bogaert stopped practicing law in 2004 and participated in the Elizabeth Foundation Studio Center in New York City, staging his first solo exhibition in NYC in 2008 with the legendary Jack the Pelican Presents gallery. He has since exhibited in Europe, the Middle East and the US.
In January 2010, Bogaert moved to Amman, Jordan to work on ‘Impression, proche orient’ (IPO), an art project referencing issues relevant to the contemporary Near East society including politics, artistic identity and the new Arabs. His recent solo exhibition 'And Did Those Feet'at al Hoash Gallery in East Jerusalem included works from IPOin Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.

http://www.tombogaert.org/