A festival dedicated to the work of Alvin Lucier
Parochialkirche, Kunstquartier Bethanien (Projektraum and Studio 1), CLB Berlin, Emmauskirche, daadgalerie, Radialsystem
Video documentation (Vimeo Link)
The festival »Extended Spaces — Resonant Bodies: Alvin Lucier« embarks on the traces of the American composer Alvin Lucier, who passed away in December 2021. It is both a tribute and an explicitly contemporary project – an homage to the composer, who remained artistically active into old age and was always open to new contexts. The program consists of three parts: sound installations, concerts and performances and a conference. It focuses on Lucier's revolutionary musical and compositional concepts and their significance for contemporary compositional practice. To this end, it links the beginnings of Lucier's experimental music and instrumental compositions with current artistic positions.
Throughout the festival, exemplary performances of Lucier's works will be combined with current compositions, performances and installations. The program includes a total of eleven concerts and performances as well as eight sound installations. In addition, a two-day conference will focus on the special role of Alvin Lucier for the music world and sound art up to the present day.
For the concerts, we are working together with the renowned Ensemble KNM Berlin and the Ever Present Orchestra, an ensemble with which Lucier worked very closely during his last creative period. For the realization of the sound installations we are working together with Hauke Harder.
The festival will take place modularly and simultaneously at six different venues in Berlin: Parochialkirche (Berlin-Mitte), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Emmauskirche (Berlin-Kreuzberg), Radialsystem (Berlin-Friedrichshain), CLB Berlin gallery and the daadgalerie (Berlin-Kreuzberg). National and international artists from a wide range of disciplines and genres are participating in the project, including artists who have years of practical experience with Lucier's works as well as artists who are engaging with Lucier for the first time: a.o. David Behrman (US), Nicolas Collins (US), Charles Curtis (US), Hugo Esquinca (MX), John David Fullemann (SE), Hauke Harder (DE), Hanna Hartman (SE), Juliana Hodkinson (GB/DK), Ron Kuivila (US), Yutaka Makino (JP), Michael Moser (AT), Winfried Rager (DE), Ana Maria Rodriguez (AR), Trevor Saint (US), Tashi Wada (US), Robyn Schulkowsky + Joey Baron (US) und Alberto de Campo + Hannes Hoelzl + Jiawen Wang + Anne Wellmer (DE).
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Produced by singuhr e.V.
Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds
Supported by:
As part of Berlin Art Week
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11.9. – 22.9.2024