Soundfield@Slought

Slought Foundation

2008

$20,000

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Theo Bleckmann.

The Slought Foundation presented Soundfield@Slought, a collaboration with Soundfield, featuring a series of concerts and educational programs with local and international artists. Performers included Austrian sound artist and composer Werner Moebius in a program of multimedia works; German composer Michael Maierhof with Ensemble Noamnesia; American composer and vocal artist Theo Bleckmann; Ensemble On-Line Vienna; and Taiwan's Chai Found Music Workshop playing music by Hwang Long Pan and Chao-Ming Tung.

Recipients

Slought Foundation

Performance

Music

Event

O Monsters at Capital Fringe Festival

New Paradise Laboratories’ O Monsters, the companion piece to their Center-supported project Hello Blackout!, travels to the 2018 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington D.C.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Martin Hartung

Martin Hartung is a doctoral fellow at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he researches the exhibition history of architectural projects on the art market.

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Person of the Crowd Symposium: Flânerie and the Politics of Public Space

The Barnes Foundation presents a day-long symposium on the history of flânerie and the contemporary race and gender politics enmeshed in the act of walking.

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PRISM Quartet Master Class and Panel Discussion with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Lehman, and John Schaefer

This event features saxophonists/composers Mahanthappa and Lehman, and WNYC's John Schaefer, as they address the unique challenges of collaborating across genres.

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Grants & Grantees

Philadelphia Museum of Dance

A large-scale performance event on the grounds of The Barnes Foundation, co-curated by acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz, examines the presentation of public performance in relationship to the exhibition of visual art objects.

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In Plain Air Preview with International Contemporary Ensemble

Christ Church Preservation Trust and the International Contemporary Ensemble present a free preview performance of In Plain Air.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Ken Vandermark's Made to Break Ensemble at the Barnes

MacArthur Fellow Ken Vandermark and the Made to Break Ensemble premiere a piece inspired by the Barnes Foundation's collection.

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The Veterans' Dreams Project: Arts in the Veteran Community Discussion

The Kimmel Center, Inc. presents a discussion with Dr. Gala True, whose research on post-deployment health and reintegration into society will inform a conversation around the arts' role in the veteran community.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Thomas J. Lax

Thomas J. Lax was appointed associate curator of media and performance art at the Museum of Modern Art in May 2014. For the previous seven years, he worked at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

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A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach: Trinity Season

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the first of three concert series as part of A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach.

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Grants & Grantees

Crimean Tatar Cultural Recovery

Research into Crimean Tatar choreography through an engagement with indigenous choreographers in Lviv, Ukraine expands the repertoire of this American-Ukrainian dance ensemble.

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Departure and Discovery: The Voice of a Visionary

The Voice of a Visionary explores the profound work of Schubert in his last year, featuring Piano Sonata in A Major and Schwanengesang.

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Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia: Reggie Wilson's Stamped Stomped Stumped

Through the ongoing Center-funded project re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center presents a new work by choreographer and Guggenheim Fellow Reggie Wilson.

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Heritage/Evolution: PRISM Quartet with Dave Liebman and Greg Osby at Symphony Space

The PRISM Quartet presents a New York performance of new works composed and performed by Dave Liebman and Greg Osby.

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Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq

Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel and The Wilma Theater join forces to present the world premiere of a Vogel's new play, about a Marine's search for his missing lover once he returns home from war.

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Pig Iron: I Promised Myself to Live Faster

Conceived by Co-Artistic Director Dito van Reigersberg and directed by Dan Rothenberg, this new work builds on Pig Iron's longtime fascination with characters that live on the margins of society.

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Dance Party with Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

WXPN's yearlong project explores the origins and evolution of zydeco, a form of African-American roots music that blends Cajun traditions, blues, and R&B. On Saturday, December 6, Zydeco Crossroads welcomes Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble to District N9NE for a free dance party, complete with pre-show dance lessons from Louisiana's Harold Guillory.

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Grants & Grantees

A Billion Nights On Earth

Performance art, pop-up storybook design techniques, and a cinematic score will combine in a visual theater work for children and adults devised and performed by Phillips, in collaboration with visual artist Steven Dufala and composer Juan Gabriel Turbay.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Raphael Xavier

Raphael Xavier (Pew Fellow, 2013) has practiced "breaking," an acrobatic street dance style commonly known as breakdancing, since 1983.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Wendy Rogers

Wendy Rogers has choreographed and performed contemporary dances for over 40 years around the county, including California and New York.

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