Exhibition and Documentation Centre | Julius Eastman

Let Sonorities Ring – Julius Eastman

Exhibition and documentation centre

Opening Thursday 16 March, 18:00

Julius Eastman © Donald W. Burkhardt

Julius Eastman © Donald W. Burkhardt

16 March, 18:00, SAVVY Contemporary
Live performances

17 March, 20:00, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Concert

22 March, 18:00, SAVVY Contemporary
Live performance

From 17th to 26th of March, the space of SAVVY Contemporary will become a documentation centre dedicated to the oeuvre of Julius Eastman (1940–1990). Archival material including original recordings, video footage and scores will be made available to the public. Live Acts will contribute beats and sounds to the program, widening and imaginatively deepening the perspective on Eastman’s work. “Let Sonorities Ring” is the first chapter in a one-year research project focusing on the life and works of the Afro-American composer, vocalist and performer that will culminate in an exhibition and a “Julius Eastman Festschrift”.

Conceived by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung & Berno Odo Polzer
Co-curated by Antonia Alampi, Elena Agudi, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung & Berno Odo Polzer
Research curator Lynhan Balatbat Helbock
Exhibition architecture Lorenzo Sandoval

All video credits: S.E.M. Ensemble and Third Eye/CCA Archive, Glasgow
For the research material we would like to thank Mary Jane Leach, the University at Buffalo Music Library and Dustin Hurt for their invaluable support.

Produced by SAVVY Contemporary and MaerzMusik – Festival for Time Issues