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ROBIN RHODE AND LEIF OVE ANDSENES: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION - REFRAMED
Last summer concert pianist Leif Ove Andsnes made an unusual stop off in Berlin. This stop-off did not involve a visit to the Philharmonie nor a meeting with fellow musicians. In fact he didn't play a single real note. Instead he joined the visual artist Robin Rhode in a planning session which ended in an ad-hoc "virtual performance" on a whitewashed factory wall: Robin painted and Leif Ove played. The story goes that this little escapade cost Leif Ove 10 euros as the factory caretaker agreed to the painting session in return for a bucket of white paint so that he could return the wall to normal again the next day.
Where might this all lead you may well ask and the wonderful thing is neither Leif Ove nor Robin know the answer to that yet except for the fact that they have embarked on a project together to tour Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Leif Ove will play and Robin will create an onstage installation.
Alongside Mussorgsky's own work the two artists will create a balanced and integrated programme which will become "Pictures at an Exhibition - Reframed". The project will be unveiled in November 2009 in New York and the tour will take in the most important cities across Europe before continuing into 2010 with performances as far afield as Beijing and Abu Dhabi.
How the project develops will be revealed online as well as through a film being made by Norwegian TV and an EMI Classics release. StatoilHydro is the Commissioning Sponsor for the project.
USER COMMENTS
Great metaphor of the ping pong. Bizarre work. Cheers guys! David Thorpe 12-02-2009
Great artist,and good to see here frank bell 11-02-2009
