Additional Events

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New Music in Prague 1959-64

Roundtable

Mon 27/ 08

9:15 - 12:00 Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě

Guests > Petr Kotík, Peter Kolman, Ladislav Kupkovič, Marek Kopelent, Rudolf Komorous /videokonference/, Viktor Pantůček and others TBA. Roundtable will be in Czech language.
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Music & Film

Documentary films about new music

Wed 22/ 08

Something Rich and Strange / The Life and Work of Iannis Xenakis
17:00 Klub Atlantik

BBC documentary about life and work of Iannis Xenakis.
Director >Mark Kidel
1991 / 60 min / DVD

Kaija Saariaho ou L'Amour de loin
20:00 Klub Atlantik

Documentary about opera L'Amour de loin by Kaija Saariaho.
With Kaija Saariaho, Peter Sellars, Amin Maalouf, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Dagmar Pecková, Dwayne Croft.
Director > Serge Steyer
Author > Anne Grange
France / 2000 / 52 min / DVD

Chateau de l'ame / Castle of Soul

Documentary in which Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho encounters the art of Spanish wood-sculptor Nacho Angulo in the midst of Saariaho's song cycle Castle of Soul.
Director, Author > Rax Rinnekangas
Finland / 2004 / 56 min / DVD

Thu 23/ 08

Music with roots in the Aether
17:00 Klub Atlantik

Video portrait of Alvin Lucier.
Director > Robert Ashley
USA / 1974 / 120 min / Video

Listen
20:00 Klub Atlantik

Documentary film that explores the very nature of sound and hearing. Includes interviews with György Kurtág, John Cage, Luciano Berio, Knud Victor, Iannis Xenakis and other composers and musicologists.
Director > Miroslav Sebestik
France / 1992 / 120 min / DVD

Documents will be in English or with English subtitles. Free of charge.
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Music & Photography

Exhibition of German photographer Wolfgang Träger

Wolfgang Träger: Photography
01/ 08 - 15/ 09 Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě

Portraits of Fluxus artists and musicians including Emmett Williams, Joe Jones, Ben Patterson, Petr Kotík, and David Tudor along with others artists such as Mario Merz, Ilya Kabakova, Marjetica Potrc, Chen Zhen, John Armleder, Tobias Rehberger, Jorge Pardo and Olafur Eliasson.

Ben Patterson Event > Fri/ 24/ 08/ 2007, Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, 16:00