Filming at home in the days after Maurice Berger’s death, Sarah Rothenberg (VLC Fellow 1995) dedicated her March 20th performance of Morton Feldman's Palais de Mari to Berger. This personal moment and the piece relate to the strange, suspended notion of time during the Covid-19 lockdown as well as to timelessness evoked in the title of Feldman’s 1986 composition that refers to the ancient Babylonian palace of Mari.Â
Acting as a coda to the tribute, the piano recital is preceded by video recollections by some of the colleagues in Berger’s expanded sphere of influence.
Participants
Sarah Rothenberg, pianist, artistic director of DACAMERA, Houston, Texas, and 1995 VLC Fellow
This event is part of the Vera List Center Forum 2020. It is preceded by a protocol-directed performance composed by VLC Fellow Robert Sember as well as a discussion on the impact of Maurice Berger’s work, with Courtney R. Baker, Lonnie G. Bunch III, David Gonzalez, Nona Faustine, and Sarah Lewis, moderated by Kinshasha Holman Conwill.
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The Vera List Center Forum 2020 launches the center’s 2020-2022 focus theme, As for Protocols. Curated by Carin Kuoni and Eriola Pira, it is convened organized with the support of Adrienne Umeh, Heran Abate, Joshua van Biema, and Maryna Arabei.
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The Vera List Center Forum 2020 is made possible by major support from Jane Lombard and the Kettering Fund, as well as the Boris Lurie Art Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The New School as well as members of the Vera List Center's board and other individuals.
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This tribute to Maurice Berger reflects on the seminal contributions by Vera List Center inaugural fellow Maurice Berger. It is organized by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, with the support of Marvin Heiferman.
Presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the Schools of Public Engagement.
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