peter gordon gerd vries (2 Ergebnisse)

88 pp.; 24.5 x 16.5 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Catalogue published on the occasion of the performance of the opera "THE SOCIETY ARCHITECT PONDERS THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE / ODER: WIE SIE KRIEGEN WAS SIE NICHT VERDIENEN," by Lawrence Weiner and Peter Gordon, held at National Galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, September 8-10, 2000 and Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundes Republik Deutschland, Bonn, November 8 & 11-13, 2000. Includes an interview with Lawrence Weiner by Gerd de Vries and an interview with Peter Gordon by Lawrence Weiner. Publication designed by Weiner. Text in German and English. Very Good / Fine. Rubbing of cover edges, and scuffing of covers, otherwise Fine. Contents clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. B : 16,5 x 24,5 cm, 88 Seiten/pages - Weiners effort in the aural direction--documented here--has been the conception of the stage design and libretto for the opera project The Society Architect Ponders the Golden Gate Bridge, a collaboration with New York composer Peter Gordon, a pioneer of Minimalism and experimental jazz. The opera's plot is based on an actual court case: on the Golden Gate Bridge, an artist is hit by a car driven by a drunken architect. In the court case, however, a paradoxical twist occurs--the artist becomes the defendant under the examination of a reactionary judge. The result is an ordinary accident turned into a political debate about the artist's role and value in society.