New York Times Style Magazine
New York, USA - “The steel drum is the most misunderstood instrument in the world,” says the Trinidadian curator Everard Findlay. He admits that for many people, it evokes “guys on a cruise ship, with a smile and dreadlocks.” On Tuesday and Wednesday, Findlay hosted “7 Drums 7 Artists,” a cross-disciplinary tribute to the steel pan at NeueHouse, a co-working space in the Flatiron district that opened in April....The co-founder, Joshua Abram, says that “learning happens at the edge of one’s network”; as part of that philosophy, NeueHouse offers evening cultural programming for its members that brings together artists, scientists, filmmakers and musicians.
At the heart of the project were seven artworks, created by artists (including Rita Ackerman and Olaf Bruening), musicians and scientists, each of which incorporated a steel drum. But “7 Drums 7 Artists” was also partly a tribute to Dr. Elliott Mannette, the 82-year-old Trinidadian inventor of numerous game-changing steel-drum innovations (many with impressive-sounding names like Invader Lead, Quad-duet, Six Bass).
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Ellie Mannette one of the last men standing!