Hassan Hajjaj + Acid Arab, My Rock Stars

Billie Eilish, Madonna, Rachid Taha, Lee Scratch Perry, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Gnawa master Ba Bohot… the Musée de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris welcomes the musical pantheon of photographer, designer and visual artist Hassan Hajjaj in a musical and visual installation celebrating the diversity of his influences, individuality and creative freedom.

Nicknamed Andy Wahloo by his friend Rachid Taha in a reference to Andy Warhol and a play on the Tamazight word walou, meaning nothing, nothing at all, Hassan Hajjaj disrupts stereotypes by bringing together an African culture of reuse (tin cans collected, hammered, cut up and turned into toys, lamps and craft objects) and pop culture. Like Andy Warhol, he uses objects from consumer society and reworks the logos of major luxury and street culture brands.

Featuring nearly 40 photographs, “My Rock Stars” invites you to discover the many sides of an artist born in Morocco in the early 1960s who spent his teenage years in London. Taking the form of a large pop-inspired Moroccan sitting room, the exhibition highlights his origins and hybrid cultural references, tracing his diasporic journey as an artist through music as a means of communication and emotion.

In response, the group Acid Arab immerses visitors in a musical alchemy with an electronic sound creation that blends traditional sounds from Arab cultures, electronic bass and rhythms from around the world.