Laurie Anderson
dal 25/5/2011 al 28/5/2011
Segnalato da
25/5/2011
Laurie Anderson
Documenta Archiv, Kassel
The documenta Archive celebrates 50 years of existence with the artist Laurie Anderson. She presents the performance Delusion, a meditation about life and language, developed from different worlds and levels. Also on programm an Anderson Film Series and a Symposium.
The documenta Archive to celebrate 50 years of existence on May 28.
We have been able to engage the internationally acclaimed documenta artist Laurie Anderson (documenta 6 and 8, 1977 und 1987) for the gala celebration to be held in the Kassel Schauspielhaus on May 27 and 28. She will present her latest production "DELUSION". Laurie Anderson has been an innovative figure in the musical field as well as in the boundary-breaking area of video performance art since the 1970s and 1980s. Her innovative use of computer technology and new media came to prominence already in 1981 with the production "O Superman", and she is also well known for her use of the electronic violin.
The performance "DELUSION" is described as a meditation about life and language, developed from different worlds and levels: technology, science, dream and various states of consciousness. The stories range from mystical origins to the Russian space program and tell of time speed, ancestors, control, silence and animals.
In addition to these two performances on May 28 and 29 in the Schauspielhaus of the Kassel State Theatre, the artist will also take part in the symposium "Video-and-PerformanceArt, Laurie Anderson a Pioneer" at the nearby Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar (27 - 29 May 2011). In the run-up to these events, the BALi Cinemas in Kassel will show earlier videos of Laurie Anderson on 26 May 2011.
This special gala anniversary event takes place against the background of the Archive's completion of the digitization project "mediaartbase.de" which was initiated by the German Federal Culture Foundation (Kulturstiftungen des Bundes und der Länder). In the 3-year pilot project undertaken in conjunction with the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, the European Media Art Festival (EMAF) in Osnabrück and the Kassel Dokfest, rare and endangered holdings of these institutions have been digitalised for future conservation.
From Kassel these objects include materials from the documenta showing video and performance art of the 1970s and 80s as well as numerous television recordings from Hessischen Rundfunk. The Dokfest collected related material that has been shown at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival.
26 May 2011: Laurie Anderson Film Series
BALi Cinemas, admission prices: 6 Euro, reduced 5,50 Euro
Exact times will be announced later
27 - 29 May 2011: Symposium: "Video-and-PerformanceArt Laurie Anderson a Pioneer"
Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar
Symposium directors: Karin Stengel, Kassel and Dr. Heike Radeck, Hofgeismar
Symposium fee: 80 Euro (plus Laurie Anderson performance ticket for 20 Euro)
28 May 2011: 8:00 p.m. Performance by Laurie Anderson "DELUSION"
29 May 2011: 8:00 p.m. Performance by Laurie Anderson "DELUSION"
Advance ticket sales starting 15 February 2011 at the
Kassel Staatstheater: 0049/561/1094-333
Ticket prices: 16 Euro, 28 Euro, 35 Euro and 45 Euro
Documenta Archiv
Untere Karlsstr. 4 - Kassel