Event archive
2017
Eclectic Salon #4: Sounds Genius - Vivaldi's Four Seasons
By popular demand, Salastina will be revisiting their nimble chamber setting of one of the most beloved works of all time: Vivaldi's violin concerts THE FOUR SEASONS
Did you know that Vivaldi attached poetry to each of his seasons? The audience will be guided through his brilliant musical illustrations of those classic depictions of nature and bring a fresh and colorful musical approach to these gems.
Holiday-themed reception to follow!
Villa @ Goethe: Senthuran Varatharajah
Author and current Villa Aurora Fellow Senthuran Varatharajah will read and discuss excerpts from a forthcoming English translation of his debut novel "Vor der Zunahme der Zeichen".
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows Ute Wieland (filmmaker), Andreas Mand (author), Florian Fischer (visual artist), Senthuran Varatharajah (writer), Alida Tota (feuchtwanger fellow).
City-Making: The View from Berlin and Los Angeles
Join us for an engaging discussion about the parallels and diversities in the urban landscapes of Berlin and Los Angeles with Sergei Tchoban from Berlin and L.A. Architect Farooq Ameen moderated by Peter Tokofsky.
Eclectic Salon #3: Klezmer Connection Duo
This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music.
At the same time, we pay homage to the exiled European composers, who have profoundly influenced the musical landscape in Southern California.
Eclectic Salon #2: Farewell to Ernst Toch's Bluethner Grand Piano
This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music. At the same time, we are honoring the rich musical culture of the European exiles of the 1930s and 40s, who profoundly shaped the musical scene in Southern California.
100 years of Bauhaus: How do we want to live?
This year, the city of Berlin together with be Berlin, its state official signet, is coming to Los Angeles to celebrate the 50th anniversary as sister cities with the launch of ‘Berlin Lab’, an event series offering both destinations a platform for exchange about freedom and creativity (#FreiheitBerlinLA).
Artist Talk: Sandeep Mukherjee
The starting point for the exhibition "Molting the Fractured" is a BMW Mini Cooper, whose parts, pressed in aluminum, float as sculptural shapes in space. The car is an integral part of our mobility-oriented society. When we enter it, it surrounds us like a second skin and it allows us to reach previously impossible speeds. Sandeep Mukherjee changes this second skin from its original shape and allows the viewers to experience it in a new form.
la > x – Film Festival
To mark the 50-year city partnership between Berlin and Los Angeles, film curator Marc Glöde and collector Axel Haubrok are putting together a film festival and exhibition under the name la > x which focuses on artistic viewpoints from los angeles.
la > x – Exhibition and Film Festival
To mark the 50-year city partnership between Berlin and Los Angeles, film curator Marc Glöde and collector Axel Haubrok are putting together a film festival and exhibition under the name la > x which focuses on artistic viewpoints from los angeles.
Silent Salon
Once again, Villa Aurora is opening their newly landscaped gardens for patrons to come early and picnic, watch the sun set over the Pacific, and then move into the Salon for a program of comedies by Hollywood’s leading comedians. This year’s program was curated by Michael Mortilla, who is also the accompanist for the two nights of Silent Salon.
Bring family and friends, make it a surprise date, or entertain guests from out of town with a true L.A. experience.
Sandeep Mukherjee
The starting point for the exhibition "Molting the Fractured" is a BMW Mini Cooper, whose parts, pressed in aluminum, float as sculptural shapes in space. The car is an integral part of our mobility-oriented society. When we enter it, it surrounds us like a second skin and it allows us to reach previously impossible speeds. Sandeep Mukherjee changes this second skin from its original shape and allows the viewers to experience it in a new form.
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows Sebastian Mez (filmmaker), Ignaz Schick (composer), Annette Streyl (visual artist), Andreas Schäfer (writer), Genoël von Lilienstern (composer).
Silent Salon
Our popular summer program SILENT SALON is back!
Once again, Villa Aurora is opening their newly landscaped gardens for patrons to come early and picnic, watch the sun set over the Pacific, and then move into the Salon for a program of comedies by Hollywood’s leading comedians. This year’s program was curated by Michael Mortilla, who is also the accompanist for the two nights of Silent Salon.
Bring family and friends, make it a surprise date, or entertain guests from out of town with a true L.A. experience.
X – The success and failure of future projects
March 28 | X – The success and failure of future projects | with Obi Felten, Alison Smale and Markus Klimmer
Niklas Goldbach
In many of his photographs and videos, Niklas Goldbach examines tensions between the individual and society, and between architecture and nature. The selection Goldbach will screen features a number of major construction projects, their visionary potential, their social implications, but also the failures. In his early works, people appear now and then in symbolic roles, but in the later, more conceptual films they vanish altogether. Meaning is invested instead in settings, whether built or natural. Goldbach uses artificial, almost immobilized spaces to explore social structures and visions, as well as issues like dominance and control.
Eclectic Salon
This year MICROFEST celebrates its 20th Anniversary, and the 100th birthday of LOU HARRISON, the wonderful American Maverick who opened our ears and hearts to music of other tunings, other timbres, other times.
Visar Morina
Writer-Director: Visar Morina, Germany, 2015, 103 min., Albanian and German with English subtitles, digital. Starring: Val Maloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi, Enver Petrovci, Xhevdet Jashari, Alban Ukaj.
Stefan Goldmann
German techno artist Stefan Goldmann responds to the current exhibition 'Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach' with this newly created performance. Abstractly mirroring Renaissance art's novel and systematic approaches to spatial and anatomic representation, Goldmann will use live electronics to unfold different tuning systems and shifting rhythmic grids. Through multi-channel diffusion, digital room simulations will interact with the rich natural acoustics of the Resnick Pavilion.
Welcoming Reception
Welcoming Reception for our current fellows Stefan Goldmann (musician), Haegue Yang (visual artist), Bertrand Flanet (visual artist), Niklas Goldbach(visual artist), Carolina Hellsgård (filmmaker), Michael Roth (art historian).
Salon Sophie Charlotte 2017: Rebellions, Revolutions or Reforms?
You will not be able to stay home, brother, Gil Scott-Heron urged in the song The Revolution will not be televised in 1970. The former Villa Aurora fellows Tina Born, Kirsten Reese and Sabine Scho, as well as Martina Hefter explore the causes, chances and risks of rebelllion, revolution and reform at the Säulensaal of the Academy at this year's Salon Sophie Charlotte. The expansive installation by Tina Born and Kirsten Reese, as well as the text-dance performance by Sabine Scho and Martina Hefter have no commercial breaks and will not be taped. So you will not be able to stay home.