January 18 – January 19, 2020
Saturday and Sunday, from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free admission, no registration required.
Ari Benjamin Meyers’ exhibition and performance “Solo for Ayumi” (2017) will be performed in the project room of the Schering Foundation on January 18 and 19, 2020 from 12 (noon) to 6 p.m. in each case. Conceived in collaboration with violinist Ayumi Paul, it is one of the artist’s central works on the theme of memory – on a personal and musical level. A new interpretation of “Solo for Ayumi”, performed by violinist and dancer Manon Parent, will be presented for the first time in the project room of the Schering Foundation.
Since 2013 the trained composer and conductor Ari Benjamin Meyers has been developing music installations that are presented in art institutions all over the world. To this end, new compositions are created which are performed by professional musicians and performers, but also by amateurs in exhibition spaces and increasingly also in public spaces. Music becomes a social event through the activation and involvement of the audience in Meyers’ installations. On the other hand, memory, musical memory and the dialogue between composer and performer are central aspects of his artistic work.
The performance will be complemented by the presentation of Meyers’ recently published artist book “Tacet in Concert”, an accompanying publication to his solo exhibitions at Kunstverein Kassel and OGR Turin (both 2019). On the occasion of the book presentation there will be a conversation between neuropsychologist Daniela Sammler (Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Neurosciences Leipzig) and Ari Benjamin Meyers, moderated by Christina Landbrecht, Program Director Art, and Katja Naie, Program Director Science and Managing Director of the Schering Foundation.
For more information on the panel discussion “Da Capo (Tacet in Concert)”, see below.
In cooperation with Esther Schipper Berlin. Photos and text courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin.
Unter den Linden 32-34
10117 Berlin
Telefon: +49.30.20 62 29 62
Email: info@scheringstiftung.de
Thursday to Monday: 1 pm - 7 pm
Saturday to Sunday: 11 am - 7 pm
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