Villa Aurora Events Archive
December 2020
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Your Villa Aurora Team, Los Angeles and Berlin
During his fellowship at the Getty Research Institute, Heiner Müller decided to move into the newly renovated Villa Aurora with his family. Thus, he became the first guest and unofficial honorary fellow even before the house opened as an artist residency on December 1st in 1995.
Heiner Müller stayed in the house for several weeks with his daughter Anna and his wife Brigitte Maria Mayer. He was already very sick with cancer when his wife wrote The Final Battle, a gripping, very personal text about their unusual time in the Palisades.
Die Kaschierte Bibliothek aus der Serie L O N G I N G (The Hidden Library from the Series L O N G I NG) von Thomas Klegin
1999 Installation im Speisezimmer (Installation in the dining room) Villa Aurora / Los Angeles Hartfaserplatte (Masonite) / Kunststoffsaugnäpfe (PVC) / Neonleuchten (Circle light) / The Cambridge Modern History, (Vol.I - XIII, Cambridge 1911/1934) / 1 Tisch (1 table) geschredderte Zeitungen L.A. Stadtkulturmagazine (shredded newspaper, L.A. Stadtkulturmagazine: LA Weekly / New York Times Oct.1st - Dec. 8th, 1999.
Anna McCarthy – Fassbinder in LALAland
The short film tells the story of a woman living in Los Angeles who pretends to be Fassbinder. She speaks Bavarian with a strong American accent. On the occasion of “her” birthday she gives the first interview since 33 years – commissioned by the Fassbindertage 2015.
Thomas Hettche – Woraus wir gemacht sind (What we are made of), 2006 Arrival in Pacific Palisades after traveling cross country. On the shores of the Pacific Ocean, behind me the continent, everything started to turn. In the garden of Villa Aurora and the silence of the parrots, in the shade of the eucalyptus tree, I began to write. This city in my dreams forever.
Exactly one year ago he brooded over the connections between machine music, cyborgs and algorithms in the California sun. The sound artist Leo Hofmann showed the first study of his sound performance "Bias Dialogs", developed in LA, at the fellow reception in his studio apartment.
Jens Brand, Philipp Lachenmann and Lutz Seiler (2003)
While working on our space-time experiments (“The Living and the Dead”, conceived and directed by Josefa Corválan), we took the opportunity to take these pictures. The protagonists are Jens Brand, Philipp Lachenmann, and Lutz Seiler.
Pazifik Exil Musical theater installation for six voices and live electronics based on Michael Lentz’ novel “Pazifik Exil”.
Libretto: Michael Lentz (Villa Aurora Fellow 2001)
Composition: Sergej Newski (Villa Aurora Fellow 2014)
Interludes: Paul Frick (Villa Aurora Fellow 2018)
The Anniversary
Since Heiner Müller stayed at Villa Aurora, more than 450 artists have lived and worked here. We are profoundly grateful for your friendship and loyalty and cannot wait to celebrate this milestone with you in-person! While we wait, please enjoy this sneak peak of the English version of our video tour.
Partners
Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V. is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
VATMH NACHT 2020
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Program
7:00pm | Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Markus Klimmer
Chairman VATMH
Minister of State Michelle Müntefering MdB
Federal Foreign Office
7:10pm | World premiere
AURORA (from: Nachtschatten)
for Saxophone Quartet & Theremin
Helmut Oehring Honorary Fellow
Performers: Adumá Saxophone Quartet and Susanne Kohnen (Theremin)
Commissioned work for the Adumá Saxophone Quartet with funding from the
Capital City Culture Fund and the Culture Fund Frankfurt RheinMain
© 2020 Helmut Oehring / LOWmusicMOL
7:25pm | in memoriam Freimut Duve
Marianne Heuwagen
Deputy Chairman of the Board, VATMH
7:30pm | Dis-Course through 25 years Villa Aurora
Anne-Dore Krohn und Marianne Heuwagen
7:40pm | Behind the Scenes
Tour with Marta Feuchtwanger and others through the Villa Aurora
7:45pm | Etymological Gossip
Uljana Wolf Villa Aurora Alumna
8:00pm | State of the Union(s) Speech
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul Thomas Mann Fellow
8:10pm | Concert
Pantha du Prince Villa Aurora Alumnus
Happy Holidays! A Visit to the Brecht House in Santa Monica: Conversation & Concert
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The conversation will be followed by a concert in the garden of the house featuring international music stars such as Israeli soprano Hila Plitmann, jazz singer Michelle Coltrane, and soul legend Freda Payne. The musical program will be led by guitarist and songwriter Shea Welsh.
The film of the conversation and concert will premiere on the Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House on December 20, 11. a.m (PT). Watch here
No admission.
Partners
Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V. is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.