MERZ BARN seminars and evening cabaret programme // Elterwater, Cumbria : 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2006
Friday 29th Sept. - Sunday 1st Oct. Elterwater, Cumbria
Location map
Friday 29th September
Chapel Stile Village Hall
7.30pm
Annual Kurt Schwitters in England memorial lecture
'Merzbau I - Merzbau IV' Peter Bissegger
Peter Bissegger is the Swiss architect/designer who originally reconstructed Schwitters major Merzbau, sculpture/architectural installation for the Hannover Sprengel Museum, in the early 1980s.
merzbau.org
Peter will give an informal introduction to his Merzbau reconstruction in Hannover, and also talk about the Merzbau on the island of Hjertoya.
bissegger.com
Saturday 30th September
Seminar I Chapel Stile Village Hall, nr. Elterwater
10am Registration and tea and coffee at Chapel Stile Village hall
Merz barn exhibition
11am Introduction to the Merz barn and the Cylinders Estate
Site visit to the Merz barn and Cylinders Estate, led by Fred Brookes, (Merz barn advisory committee), Laurie Fricker (landscape architect) and Edward Mills, (Cumbria Woodlands Trust).
An introduction to the history of the site, the origin and development of the Merz barn, and an insight into the ecological, woodlands and wildlife importance of the site.
1.00pm Lunch at Chapel Stile village hall
2.00pm Restoring the Merz barn and the Cylinders Estate
Seminar and round table discussion about the present state of the Merz barn and the Cylinders Estate, and outline proposals for their future restoration and conservation. Contributions from; Gwendolen Webster, Peter Bissegger, Roger Cardinal, Jasia Reichardt, Adrian Glew (Tate Archives), Zvonimir Bakotin, Edward Mills, Fred Brookes, and others
5.45pm Coach departs Capel Stile for Ambleside and the Windermere Lake Cruise
6.00 Merz Ahoy!
Evening cruise and buffet meal on Lake Windermere, courtesy of Windermere Lake Cruises
8.00pm MerzKabaret, Ambleside Parish Centre,
Ngati Ranana Programme of Maori song and dance by Ngati Ranana, the Aotearoa/New Zealand Maori Association, London
Christopher Fox A recital of the URSONATA and other song works by leading composer and musician, Christopher Fox.
Kevin O'Connor Performance artist, Whitehaven
Billy and the Goats, traditional Cumbrian musicians and singers
URChoral and grand finale
MC and evening Merzmeister;.. the inimitable, the irrepressible, Laurie Fricker!
Sunday 1st October
Seminar II Chapel Stile Village Hall, nr. Elterwater
11am Merz barn and Kurt Schwitters research and curatorial projects.
Discussion of various Kurt Schwitters research and curatorial projects, currently underway in Britain, Norway, and Germany. Proposals for the KS07 international Kurt Schwitters Summer School and festival (July 2007); and K08, an international Merzbarn-Merzbauten exhibition and conference proposed for NW region and venues in Manchester, Liverpool and Ambleside (September 2008)
1.00pm Lunch
Coordinated by LITTORAL Arts in association with the Kurt Schwitters In England Working Group
Funded by Arts Council England NW, LITTORAL, and the Northern Rock Foundation.
For more information and bookings please contact:
Littoral Arts
42 Lodge Mill Lane,
Turn Village,
Ramsbottom,
Lancashire BL0 0RW UK
Tel/Fax: ++44 (0) 1706 827 961
E-mail: littoral@btopenworld.com
Website: www.littoral.org.uk
Location map
Friday 29th September
Chapel Stile Village Hall
7.30pm
Annual Kurt Schwitters in England memorial lecture
'Merzbau I - Merzbau IV' Peter Bissegger
Peter Bissegger is the Swiss architect/designer who originally reconstructed Schwitters major Merzbau, sculpture/architectural installation for the Hannover Sprengel Museum, in the early 1980s.
merzbau.org
Peter will give an informal introduction to his Merzbau reconstruction in Hannover, and also talk about the Merzbau on the island of Hjertoya.
bissegger.com
Saturday 30th September
Seminar I Chapel Stile Village Hall, nr. Elterwater
10am Registration and tea and coffee at Chapel Stile Village hall
Merz barn exhibition
11am Introduction to the Merz barn and the Cylinders Estate
Site visit to the Merz barn and Cylinders Estate, led by Fred Brookes, (Merz barn advisory committee), Laurie Fricker (landscape architect) and Edward Mills, (Cumbria Woodlands Trust).
An introduction to the history of the site, the origin and development of the Merz barn, and an insight into the ecological, woodlands and wildlife importance of the site.
1.00pm Lunch at Chapel Stile village hall
2.00pm Restoring the Merz barn and the Cylinders Estate
Seminar and round table discussion about the present state of the Merz barn and the Cylinders Estate, and outline proposals for their future restoration and conservation. Contributions from; Gwendolen Webster, Peter Bissegger, Roger Cardinal, Jasia Reichardt, Adrian Glew (Tate Archives), Zvonimir Bakotin, Edward Mills, Fred Brookes, and others
5.45pm Coach departs Capel Stile for Ambleside and the Windermere Lake Cruise
6.00 Merz Ahoy!
Evening cruise and buffet meal on Lake Windermere, courtesy of Windermere Lake Cruises
8.00pm MerzKabaret, Ambleside Parish Centre,
Ngati Ranana Programme of Maori song and dance by Ngati Ranana, the Aotearoa/New Zealand Maori Association, London
Christopher Fox A recital of the URSONATA and other song works by leading composer and musician, Christopher Fox.
Kevin O'Connor Performance artist, Whitehaven
Billy and the Goats, traditional Cumbrian musicians and singers
URChoral and grand finale
MC and evening Merzmeister;.. the inimitable, the irrepressible, Laurie Fricker!
Sunday 1st October
Seminar II Chapel Stile Village Hall, nr. Elterwater
11am Merz barn and Kurt Schwitters research and curatorial projects.
Discussion of various Kurt Schwitters research and curatorial projects, currently underway in Britain, Norway, and Germany. Proposals for the KS07 international Kurt Schwitters Summer School and festival (July 2007); and K08, an international Merzbarn-Merzbauten exhibition and conference proposed for NW region and venues in Manchester, Liverpool and Ambleside (September 2008)
1.00pm Lunch
Coordinated by LITTORAL Arts in association with the Kurt Schwitters In England Working Group
Funded by Arts Council England NW, LITTORAL, and the Northern Rock Foundation.
For more information and bookings please contact:
Littoral Arts
42 Lodge Mill Lane,
Turn Village,
Ramsbottom,
Lancashire BL0 0RW UK
Tel/Fax: ++44 (0) 1706 827 961
E-mail: littoral@btopenworld.com
Website: www.littoral.org.uk
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