A breadcrumb trail of project notes
The LEMUR installation at the National Gallery in D.C. will have it’s last show on May 7th. But on May 6th there will be a special presentation of the complete 22 minutes of Ballet Mécanique and other works for the mechanical orchestra. If you haven’t seen the installation, it’s worth checking out, and I plan to be at “Bye, bye, Ballet Mécanique” on May 6th!
From the LEMUR announce list:
Hi,
LEMUR and the Ballet Mecanique installation at the National Gallery
of Art have been making a big splash in the press. Below are links to
a number of audio, video and print stories which have appeared since
the opening.Also, due to schedule changes at the Gallery, the installation will
now end a week earlier than we recently posted. The last performance
is scheduled for Sunday, May 7th at 1 pm.However, a new event, “Bye, bye, Ballet Mecanique,” has been added.
On May 6th at 4 pm, the full 22 minute version of the piece will be
performed, as well as several other pieces for the orchestra. We will
post more details here when they become available, or check
http://nga.gov closer to the date.Thanks for reading,
Eric Singer
LEMUR Director*** LEMUR and Ballet Mechanique in the News ***
An interview piece on Ballet Mecanique with me and Paul Lehrman,
which aired recently on Weekend America from American Public Media:
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/index_20060318.htmlA review of the DADA exhibit on NPR’s Fresh Air. The section on
Ballet Mecanique begins at 4:03 :
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5323011A short clip from CBS Sunday Morning:
http://www.antheil.org/audio/CBSSundayMorningWeb.movAn article on New Music Box including an audio clip from the installation:
http://newmusicbox.com/article.nmbx?id=4561An article which appeared in the Washington Post shortly after the opening:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031901166.htmlAn article from the Washington City Paper:
https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=q:\DocRoot/2006/060317/photo4A review on Other Minds, including great photos of the installation:
http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Antheilrobots.shtml