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MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART
Presents Fall Programs
Community Collaboration Investigates the Relationship between the Arts and Cultural Memory
Presents Fall Programs
Community Collaboration Investigates the Relationship between the Arts and Cultural Memory
PRINCETON, NJ -- MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART, an innovative Princeton University and Princeton community-wide cultural initiative that began in the spring of this year, announces the fall 2011 schedule of events. This collaborative investigation into the power of the arts to shape collective experience and cultural memory is organized to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
As part of the Princeton University Arts Initiative, a group of cultural leaders reached out across the campus and broader community to consider how the University and community might join in exploring the legacy and meaning of 9/11, 10 years later, in ways that would allow many diverse organizations to find a place at the table. The wide-ranging programs of MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART are the result of those discussions, aiming to build community value through the diversity of exhibitions, concerts, performances and other programs.
The fall series is cross-disciplinary in nature, drawing on photography, history, neuroscience, art, music and dance —among other disciplines —in the hope that multiple viewpoints will join together to illuminate the ways in which art deciphers loss.
“This novel collaboration brings together cultural organizations from across the Princeton campus and the community to consider the power of the arts,” said Princeton University Art Museum Director James Steward. “MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART’s spring programming initiated an important dialogue around the ways in which the arts shape our understanding of the past and our experience of global events. The upcoming fall programs will continue that investigation, building bridges across art forms and between campus and community — and will themselves, I hope, help build community.”
At the center of the year-long initiative is a Distinguished Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public, featuring:
- Things Go On— Artist Christian Boltanski, whose work contends with loss at the societal level, such as the destruction of communities and peoples in the Holocaust, will speak in conversation with biographer and critic Mark Stevens. Thursday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m.; Lewis Center for the Arts (185 Nassau Street). A reception will follow.
- Time and Memory— Architect Maya Lin, a Belknap Visitor in the Humanities, will discuss how her architecture and land sculptures address the way we relate and respond to the environment. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6 p.m.; Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall (Princeton University campus). A reception will follow in the Princeton University Art Museum.
- The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Psychology and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present — Neuroscientist Eric Kandel, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will present his recent work on the physiological basis of memory storage, applied to the art of the Vienna Secession. Thursday, Nov. 10, 4:30 p.m.; McCosh 50 (Princeton University campus). A reception will follow in the Princeton University Art Museum.
- Writing The History of Love — As the Princeton Public Library’s 2011 “Princeton Reads” author, Nicole Krauss will discuss how her novels assemble, shatter and reassemble memory. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m.; Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall (Princeton University campus). A reception will follow.
Additional highlights of MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART’s fall programming include a performance by the Grammy-award-winning Emerson String Quartet, sponsored by Princeton University Concerts; Phaedra Backwards at the McCarter Theatre, a new adaptation of the classic myth by leading Irish playwright Marina Carr; a reenactment of Dionysus in ’69 at The Lewis Center for the Arts; and a book discussion of Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love (2005) as part of Princeton Reads, Princeton Public Library’s community reading program.
MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART is a collaboration between: the Arts Council of Princeton; Bernstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; L’Avant-Scène, The French Theater Workshop at Princeton University; The Lewis Center for the Arts; McCarter Theatre Center; Princeton Public Library; The Princeton Singers; Princeton Symphony Orchestra; Princeton University Art Museum; Princeton University Concerts; Princeton University Department of Music; Princeton University Library; and Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART is made possible in part by grants from the Princeton University Arts Initiative, the Princeton University Council of the Humanities, the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology, the Princeton University Department of Psychology, and Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967. Click here for a detailed schedule of MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART events.
EXHIBITIONS
Arts Council of Princeton
Re:Member, Sept. 10–Oct. 1
Opening reception, Saturday, Sept. 10; 3– 5 p.m.
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts (102 Witherspoon Street)
An exhibition of works about memory by Arts Council of Princeton member artists.
Moment:Memory , Sept. 10–Oct. 1
Opening reception, Saturday, Sept. 10; 3– 5 p.m.
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts (102 Witherspoon Street)
9/11 photographs by Jay Plett
El Dia de los Muertos Altars and Artworks , Oct. 22–Nov. 23
Opening reception Nov. 1; 5–6 p.m.
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts (102 Witherspoon Street)
Art inspired by the Mexican festival Day of the Dead.
Bernstein Gallery
Sited Memory/Underground Shadows, Aug. 29–Oct. 21
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Robertson Hall on Washington Road) Eve Ingalls uses raw stretched canvas as the earth’s surface, upon which she reveals layers of human activity throughout the ages.
Princeton University Art Museum
Cartographies of Time, through Sept. 19.
Through a selection of 27 rarely seen books, manuscripts, charts and other ingenious devices, this exhibition explores graphic representations of European and American history and the evolution of the modern timeline.
The Life and Death of Buildings, through Nov. 6.
This exhibition looks beyond the events of 9/11 to address the long-term flux of built environments—their birth and evolution, disappearance and excavation, reuse and reinvention—as modes of continuity that define history and civilization.
The Bunnell Decades, through Oct. 23 A timeline of collection photographs that appeared in each major exhibition curated by Peter C. Bunnell, Princeton’s first professor of the history of photography, from 1972 to 2002.
PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS
Princeton University Concerts
Emerson String Quartet
Oct. 6; 7 p.m. Pre-concert lecture, 8 p.m. Concert
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Beethoven’s Quartet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 127; Barber’s Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11; and Shostakovich’s Quartet for Strings No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 92.
Richardson Chamber Players presents Art and Memory
Oct. 16; 3 p.m.
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Ravel’s From Le Tombeau de Couperin, Chausson’s Chanson Perpetuelle, and Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
McCarter Theatre Center
Phaedra Backwards, Oct. 18–Nov. 6
By Marina Carr; Directed by Emily Mann
Matthews Theater (91 University Place)
The mythic and the modern collide in a lyrical and fierce new adaptation of the classic Phaedra myth.
L'Avant-Scène
Andromaque, Oct. 21 and 22; 8 p.m.
Directed by Florent Masse; Sponsored by the Department of French and Italian
Princeton University Art Museum
Jean Racine’s neoclassical masterpiece, a tragedy of unrequited love and maternal sacrifice in the aftermath of the Trojan War, is presented in French.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Dreams, Memories, and Truth, Nov. 13; 3 p.m. Pre-concert Lecture, 4 p.m. Concert
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Featuring works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Edward T. Cone that exemplify how the memories of composers and other artists shape the creative process.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
The Clear Blue Morning, Nov. 20; 3 p.m.
Joe Miller, conductor
Bristol Chapel (101 Walnut Lane)
Performing classic and contemporary choral masterworks by Cyrillus Kreek, Bo Hansson, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Veljo Tormis, and Craig Hella Johnson, as well as new works by Thomas LaVoy and Daniel Elder.
Lewis Center for the Arts Performance Central Program
Dionysus in ’69, Dec. 9 and 10; 8 p.m.
Marie and Edward Matthews Acting Studio (185 Nassau Street)
Performances of Dionysus in ’69, the Rude Mechs’ re-enactment of The Performance Group’s legendary 1968 adaptation of The Bacchae, as staged by Richard Schechner and filmed by Brian De Palma.
READINGS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSIONS
Princeton University Library
Out of the Sky by Werner Pfeiffer, Sept. 17; 3–5 p.m.
Chancellor Green Rotunda, Princeton University
Book artist Werner Pfeiffer will present and build his sculptural tribute to victims of 9/11. A reception in Firestone Library will follow.
Princeton University Art Museum
Mapping History, Marking Time, Sept. 10; 5 p.m.
McCosh Hall 10
Lecture by Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Princeton University, and Daniel Rosenberg, Associate Professor of History, University of Oregon
This community gathering celebrates MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART. A reception will follow in the Princeton University Art Museum.
Lewis Center for the Arts Program in Creative Writing
Readings by poet Rita Dove and novelist James Salter, Oct. 19; 4:30 p.m.
Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center (91 University Place)
Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University Library
Transforming Childhood Memories of War and Displacement into Art, Oct. 20; 1–5 p.m.
This seminar examines memoirs, diaries, and fiction by adults and children about their experiences during World War II.
Princeton Public Library, Princeton Reads*
Radio Diaries: 15 Years of Stories, Nov. 3; 7 p.m.
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon Street)
Join Joe Richman, founder and executive producer of Radio Diaries, for a discussion of the popular NPR program, which gives tape recorders to everyday people to document their lives.
Remembrance: An Intergenerational Perspective on the Holocaust, Nov. 6; 2 p.m.
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon Street)
Leopold Lowy, who was imprisoned at Buchenwald during World War II, and his son share family remembrances and discuss how this experience is passed down to younger generations.
‘The History of Love’ Book Discussion, Nov. 10; 10:30 a.m.
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon Street)
A book discussion of Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love, led by librarian Kristin Fri.
MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART is made possible in part by grants from the Princeton University Arts Initiative, the Princeton University Council of the Humanities, the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology, the Princeton University Department of Psychology, and Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967. A detailed schedule of MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART events is available at www.princeton.edu/memory.
*Princeton Reads has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Because democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Arts Council of Princeton
Re:Member, Sept. 10–Oct. 1
Opening reception, Saturday, Sept. 10; 3– 5 p.m.
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts (102 Witherspoon Street)
An exhibition of works about memory by Arts Council of Princeton member artists.
Moment:Memory , Sept. 10–Oct. 1
Opening reception, Saturday, Sept. 10; 3– 5 p.m.
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts (102 Witherspoon Street)
9/11 photographs by Jay Plett
El Dia de los Muertos Altars and Artworks , Oct. 22–Nov. 23
Opening reception Nov. 1; 5–6 p.m.
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts (102 Witherspoon Street)
Art inspired by the Mexican festival Day of the Dead.
Bernstein Gallery
Sited Memory/Underground Shadows, Aug. 29–Oct. 21
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Robertson Hall on Washington Road) Eve Ingalls uses raw stretched canvas as the earth’s surface, upon which she reveals layers of human activity throughout the ages.
Princeton University Art Museum
Cartographies of Time, through Sept. 19.
Through a selection of 27 rarely seen books, manuscripts, charts and other ingenious devices, this exhibition explores graphic representations of European and American history and the evolution of the modern timeline.
The Life and Death of Buildings, through Nov. 6.
This exhibition looks beyond the events of 9/11 to address the long-term flux of built environments—their birth and evolution, disappearance and excavation, reuse and reinvention—as modes of continuity that define history and civilization.
The Bunnell Decades, through Oct. 23 A timeline of collection photographs that appeared in each major exhibition curated by Peter C. Bunnell, Princeton’s first professor of the history of photography, from 1972 to 2002.
PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS
Princeton University Concerts
Emerson String Quartet
Oct. 6; 7 p.m. Pre-concert lecture, 8 p.m. Concert
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Beethoven’s Quartet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 127; Barber’s Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11; and Shostakovich’s Quartet for Strings No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 92.
Richardson Chamber Players presents Art and Memory
Oct. 16; 3 p.m.
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Ravel’s From Le Tombeau de Couperin, Chausson’s Chanson Perpetuelle, and Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
McCarter Theatre Center
Phaedra Backwards, Oct. 18–Nov. 6
By Marina Carr; Directed by Emily Mann
Matthews Theater (91 University Place)
The mythic and the modern collide in a lyrical and fierce new adaptation of the classic Phaedra myth.
L'Avant-Scène
Andromaque, Oct. 21 and 22; 8 p.m.
Directed by Florent Masse; Sponsored by the Department of French and Italian
Princeton University Art Museum
Jean Racine’s neoclassical masterpiece, a tragedy of unrequited love and maternal sacrifice in the aftermath of the Trojan War, is presented in French.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Dreams, Memories, and Truth, Nov. 13; 3 p.m. Pre-concert Lecture, 4 p.m. Concert
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Featuring works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Edward T. Cone that exemplify how the memories of composers and other artists shape the creative process.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
The Clear Blue Morning, Nov. 20; 3 p.m.
Joe Miller, conductor
Bristol Chapel (101 Walnut Lane)
Performing classic and contemporary choral masterworks by Cyrillus Kreek, Bo Hansson, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Veljo Tormis, and Craig Hella Johnson, as well as new works by Thomas LaVoy and Daniel Elder.
Lewis Center for the Arts Performance Central Program
Dionysus in ’69, Dec. 9 and 10; 8 p.m.
Marie and Edward Matthews Acting Studio (185 Nassau Street)
Performances of Dionysus in ’69, the Rude Mechs’ re-enactment of The Performance Group’s legendary 1968 adaptation of The Bacchae, as staged by Richard Schechner and filmed by Brian De Palma.
READINGS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSIONS
Princeton University Library
Out of the Sky by Werner Pfeiffer, Sept. 17; 3–5 p.m.
Chancellor Green Rotunda, Princeton University
Book artist Werner Pfeiffer will present and build his sculptural tribute to victims of 9/11. A reception in Firestone Library will follow.
Princeton University Art Museum
Mapping History, Marking Time, Sept. 10; 5 p.m.
McCosh Hall 10
Lecture by Anthony Grafton, Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Princeton University, and Daniel Rosenberg, Associate Professor of History, University of Oregon
This community gathering celebrates MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART. A reception will follow in the Princeton University Art Museum.
Lewis Center for the Arts Program in Creative Writing
Readings by poet Rita Dove and novelist James Salter, Oct. 19; 4:30 p.m.
Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center (91 University Place)
Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University Library
Transforming Childhood Memories of War and Displacement into Art, Oct. 20; 1–5 p.m.
This seminar examines memoirs, diaries, and fiction by adults and children about their experiences during World War II.
Princeton Public Library, Princeton Reads*
Radio Diaries: 15 Years of Stories, Nov. 3; 7 p.m.
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon Street)
Join Joe Richman, founder and executive producer of Radio Diaries, for a discussion of the popular NPR program, which gives tape recorders to everyday people to document their lives.
Remembrance: An Intergenerational Perspective on the Holocaust, Nov. 6; 2 p.m.
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon Street)
Leopold Lowy, who was imprisoned at Buchenwald during World War II, and his son share family remembrances and discuss how this experience is passed down to younger generations.
‘The History of Love’ Book Discussion, Nov. 10; 10:30 a.m.
Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon Street)
A book discussion of Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love, led by librarian Kristin Fri.
MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART is made possible in part by grants from the Princeton University Arts Initiative, the Princeton University Council of the Humanities, the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology, the Princeton University Department of Psychology, and Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967. A detailed schedule of MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART events is available at www.princeton.edu/memory.
*Princeton Reads has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Because democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For information contact: Juliana Dweck 609-258-3945
