Villa Aurora Events Archive

December 2014

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Fellows&Friends @ Sticks & Stones

Berlin

Neue Nationalgalerie / © Froese

Sticks & Stones

Babette Marie Werner, a member of Villa Aurora and executive assistant at the Friends of the National Gallery, gave our Fellows&Friends a tour of the Glass Hall at the new National Gallery in early December. Werner explained that the impressive installation STICKS & STONES—comprising 140 debarked spruce trees, each about eight meters tall, which British architect David Chipperfield installed there for a period of three months—is an exploration of the architecture of the Neue Nationalgalerie. STICKS & STONES also serves as a prologue to the upcoming renovation of the building, for which David Chipperfield is also responsible. “For me, these last few weeks are also a farewell to the Mies building,” says Babette Marie Werner, feeling a little heavy-hearted as she considers the expected four-year renovation period.

 

The exhibition will run through the end of December.

More information here: www.davidchipperfieldinberlin.de

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Marina Khorkova

Monk Space (4414 West 2nd St. Los Angeles, 90004)

 

Information

Tuesdays @ Monk Space presents:

Marina Khorkova and Lyris Quartet

Showcasing the very best performers and artists anywhere, Tuesdays@MONK SPACE presents cutting-edge music, and adventurous interdisciplinary arts programming in an interactive and inspiring environment.

As part Monk Space’s “Europeen Currents”, Villa Aurora composer-in-residence Marina Khorkova presents an evening of her own music alongside the works of two of Europe’s most influential composers, Helmut Lachenmann and Carola Bauckholt. With the Lyris Quartet, Gnarwhallaby, Pam Vliek, and Elissa Johnston.

Program
Talk & Introduction by Marina Khorkova
temA - Lachenmann
Hirn & Eli - Bauckholt
String Quartet - Khorkova
a_priori – Khorkova