Roy Arad
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Roy "Chicky" Arad is an Israel
i poet
, singer, script-writer and artist
.
": it consists of three lines of 10, 7, and 6 syllables. It usually describes one frozen scene that has no movement in it, and in practice the content of the poems is close to Senryū
. In 2004 he published "Paintings and poems 2000-2003" with Tal Esther Gallery, Shadurian. and In 2009 he published "Guns and Credit Cards" with Plonit publishing house. As an author, Arad published the book "The Israeli Dream" (Xargol-Am Oved) in 2010 and many short stories.
Arad’s poem “The owl” which deals with the destruction of the Israeli urban city centre in favor of giant shopping malls, interlacing elements of ancient eastern Gods, was a part of Michal Helfman’s work in the Venice Biennale
2003. In 2007, a translation was published in the USA at "In Our Own Words", an anthology of young writers. He was one of the editors of two poetry anthologies: "Aduma" (the red) of socialist contemporary poetry, "Latzet" (go out) against the 2009 war in Gaza and "The Revolution Songbook". As the publisher of Maayan, he edited several poetry books of young writers.
Arad is one of the founders of the "Free Academy" group and editor with Joshua Simon
of Maayan
magazine Israeli periodical for poetry, literature, and ideas and of New&Bad Art Magazine. In July 2009, his poem, "The Night's End Anthem" was performed by the Tel Aviv philharmonic orchestra by Zubin Mehta
with music of Ella Sheriff for 100 years to Tel Aviv
.
Along with Mati Shemoelof
, Aharon Shabtai
and Almog Behar, Arad is a key member of Guerrilla Tarbut
, a group of Israeli poets and artists striving to promote social and political causes through poetry and music.
In the end of July 2009, Arad participated in the San Francisco International Poetry Festival and had a surprising show with the influential musician Jonathan Richman
.
represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
in Sweden with the song Sameach
. At the close of voting the song had received 7 points, placing 22nd in a field of 24. The song lyrics mentioned a friend from Damascus
who dates an Israeli girl. The band was dis-endorsed by the Israel Broadcasting Authority
after waving the flag of Syria
during the rehearsal and the video-clip of the song. They refused to back down for the performance in the final and pulled the flag out live.
In 2003 Arad released "Sonol" ("Ra Records", Israel, Produced by Ram Orion).
In 2004 Arad released "Tourists, come to Israel, it's a Nice Country".
On January 7, 2005 he released two different albums in the same day: "Monster" (Comfortstand) with French musician Chenard Walcker, and "Sputnik in Love" under the Dutch label WM Recordings
.
Some of Arad's music is political. In July 2005 Arad released "I Vanunu" with Chenard Walcker (Freesamplezone, Paris), named after the atom prisoner Mordechai Vanunu
. The videoclip to the title song was shot in Ramallah
. In 2006 Arad released his fifth solo album, "Good Friends" (Birdsong, Israel). In August 2006, Arad released a song against the war in Lebanon. In 2002, Arad was one of the organizers of "Rave against the occupation", a line of parties
protesting against the Israeli policy during Second Intifada.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, singer, script-writer and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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Poetry
Arad has published three books. In his first book, “The Nigger”, he formed a style that he called "Kimo" and defined as "a Hebrew adaptation of the Japanese HaikuHaiku
' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...
": it consists of three lines of 10, 7, and 6 syllables. It usually describes one frozen scene that has no movement in it, and in practice the content of the poems is close to Senryū
Senryu
is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer total morae . Senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious...
. In 2004 he published "Paintings and poems 2000-2003" with Tal Esther Gallery, Shadurian. and In 2009 he published "Guns and Credit Cards" with Plonit publishing house. As an author, Arad published the book "The Israeli Dream" (Xargol-Am Oved) in 2010 and many short stories.
Arad’s poem “The owl” which deals with the destruction of the Israeli urban city centre in favor of giant shopping malls, interlacing elements of ancient eastern Gods, was a part of Michal Helfman’s work in the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
2003. In 2007, a translation was published in the USA at "In Our Own Words", an anthology of young writers. He was one of the editors of two poetry anthologies: "Aduma" (the red) of socialist contemporary poetry, "Latzet" (go out) against the 2009 war in Gaza and "The Revolution Songbook". As the publisher of Maayan, he edited several poetry books of young writers.
Arad is one of the founders of the "Free Academy" group and editor with Joshua Simon
Joshua Simon
Joshua Simon is an art curator, writer and filmmaker born in Tel Aviv, Israel.Joshua Simon is Co-Editor of several publications: Maayan dedicated for poetry and ideas, Maarvon dedicated for film, and the New & Bad dedicated for art....
of Maayan
Maayan
Maayan is an Israeli magazine for poetry, literature, art, and ideas. Its first issue appeared in the fall of 2004.-History:...
magazine Israeli periodical for poetry, literature, and ideas and of New&Bad Art Magazine. In July 2009, his poem, "The Night's End Anthem" was performed by the Tel Aviv philharmonic orchestra by Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
with music of Ella Sheriff for 100 years to Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
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Along with Mati Shemoelof
Mati Shemoelof
Mati Shemoelof , Israeli poet, editor, journalist and activist. Much of Shemoelof’s literary work and activism deals with issues of ethnicity and class among Mizrahi Jews in Israel.- Biography :...
, Aharon Shabtai
Aharon Shabtai
Aharon Shabtai is one of the Hebrew language's leading poets, as well as a translator of Greek drama into Hebrew.-Biography:...
and Almog Behar, Arad is a key member of Guerrilla Tarbut
Guerrilla Tarbut
Guerrilla Tarbut is an activist group of Israeli poets. Founded in 2007, the group aims to promote social and political causes through poetry, both in Hebrew and in Arabic, performed by its members during dmonstrations against social injustice.-Activities:Guerrilla Tarbut's activities take a form...
, a group of Israeli poets and artists striving to promote social and political causes through poetry and music.
In the end of July 2009, Arad participated in the San Francisco International Poetry Festival and had a surprising show with the influential musician Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing...
.
Music
In 2000 Roy's band "Ping Pong"PingPong (band)
PingPong is an Israeli pop quartet that represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 with the song Sameach .The members of the band were: Guy Asif, Ahal Eden, Roy Arad and Yifat Giladi. The band released one album Between Moral and Fashion with songs like "Burger Ranch" , "I got a...
represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in Sweden with the song Sameach
Sameach
"Sameyakh" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. It was performed in Hebrew by the pop band Ping-Pong, a quartet consisting of two males and two females , who had originally entered the contest as a joke...
. At the close of voting the song had received 7 points, placing 22nd in a field of 24. The song lyrics mentioned a friend from Damascus
Damascus
Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
who dates an Israeli girl. The band was dis-endorsed by the Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority is Israel's state broadcasting network.It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on . The name of the organisation operating Kol Yisrael was changed to Israel Broadcasting Service in 1951...
after waving the flag of Syria
Flag of Syria
The flag of Syria was re-adopted in 1980. The flag was formerly the flag of the United Arab Republic.-History:The first modern flag of Syria was adopted in 1920, and was similar to the current flag of Jordan with the green and white colours reversed...
during the rehearsal and the video-clip of the song. They refused to back down for the performance in the final and pulled the flag out live.
In 2003 Arad released "Sonol" ("Ra Records", Israel, Produced by Ram Orion).
In 2004 Arad released "Tourists, come to Israel, it's a Nice Country".
On January 7, 2005 he released two different albums in the same day: "Monster" (Comfortstand) with French musician Chenard Walcker, and "Sputnik in Love" under the Dutch label WM Recordings
WM Recordings
WM Recordings is a Heerlen, the Netherlands based record label founded in 2004 by Marco Kalnenek, who was also involved with Comfort Stand Recordings.Kalnenek also is the webmaster of , a website nominated for a Webby Award in 2004....
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Some of Arad's music is political. In July 2005 Arad released "I Vanunu" with Chenard Walcker (Freesamplezone, Paris), named after the atom prisoner Mordechai Vanunu
Mordechai Vanunu
Mordechai Vanunu ; is a former Israeli nuclear technician who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Italy by a Mossad agent, where he was drugged and kidnapped by...
. The videoclip to the title song was shot in Ramallah
Ramallah
Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority...
. In 2006 Arad released his fifth solo album, "Good Friends" (Birdsong, Israel). In August 2006, Arad released a song against the war in Lebanon. In 2002, Arad was one of the organizers of "Rave against the occupation", a line of parties
Party
A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, or recreation. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing as well....
protesting against the Israeli policy during Second Intifada.
External links
- Roy "Chicky" Arad website
- Roy "Chicky" Arad Google Translator Blog
- Kimos] in the Macedonian magazine, BlesokBlesokBlesok | Shine is the first Macedonian on-line magazine, published bimonthly, in both Macedonian and English. Its founder and editor-in-chief is the poet Igor Isakovski....
- Poetry in Italian magazine, Private for photography and texts