Roy Arad
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Roy Arad (Aka Roy "Chicky" Arad, רועי ארד, רועי צ'יקי ארד) is an Israeli poet, musician, script-writer and artist (Born 1977, Israel).
Arad is one of the founders of the Free Academy group and editor with Joshua Simon of Maayan magazine Israeli periodical for poetry, literature, art and ideas.
[edit] Poetry
Chicky has publishd three books. In his first book, “The Nigger”, he formed a Hebrew adaptation of the Japanese Haiku, named Kimo. In 2004 he published "Paintings and poems 2000-2003" with Tal Esther Gallery, Shadurian.
Chicky’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.
[edit] Music
In 2000 Roy's band "Ping Pong" represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden with the song Sameach. The members of Ping Pong entered the stage waving the flags of Israel and of Syria.
Roy Chicky Arad has released several music albums that are available free online. The music of Arad is eclectic, ranging from acoustic to electronic to Glam Rock.
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 [1]. In 2002, Arad was one of the organizers of Rave against the occupation, political parties against 1967 occupation.
