Library of MaerzMusik – Opening

The modular Library of MaerzMusik was opened last year in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele to facilitate everyday encounters among artists, audiences and various material. Through interactive events, lectures and artistic interventions, it aims to create a space for knowledge exchange and gatherings, open to the public and free of charge. This year, the Library pulls together different threads from the festival programme: In the second part of the comprehensive research project “Contemplations into the Radical Others” on the life and work of Lucia Dlugoszewski, visitors can look at the composer’s scores and sketches and find out more about her comprehensive oeuvre in conversations, performances and listening sessions. Christina Kubisch’s installation “KUPFERGARTEN” fills the room, inviting visitors to actively experience rather than passively consume. Inspired by the inherent duality of copper as a material, the sound artist illuminates both its beauty and toxicity, prompting visitors to explore its qualities as they wander through the space. She also focusses on the relationship between countries where copper is extracted and the consumers thereof, asking questions about the effects on landscape and society. The agenda also includes talks with composers and artists as Sarah Nemtsov (18 March) and Christopher A. Williams (23 March), among others. On 22 March, the MaerzMusik Library will make a guest appearance at the Akademie der Künste to promote exchange across institutions, including conversations and a presentation of the new book “Composing While Black. Afrodiasporic New Music Today” with its co-editors George Lewis and Harald Kisiedu and others.