Jeff Arnal & Dietrich Eichmann | Black Mountain College

Name: Jeff Arnal & Dietrich Eichmann | Black Mountain College
Start: 2024-10-18T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Zossener Straße 24, 10961 Berlin, Germany

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Zossener Straße 24, 10961 Berlin, Germany | Berlin, BE

Sound & Lecture N° 24
JEFF ARNAL & DIETRICH EICHMANN
Jeff Arnal (US): drums, percussion
Dietrich Eichmann (DE): piano
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Jeff Arnal: BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 1933–1957
Experimentation, Performance and Interdisciplinary Collaboration | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
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• exploratorium berlin, concert hall | 8 pm
• soundwalk with Thomas Gerwin | 7 pm
• Admission: 15/12/6 € (normal/reduced price/Berlin-Pass)
> Box office opens at 7:30 pm. Please pay in cash; card payment is not possible.
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!! Ticket reservation: exploratorium-berlin.de/en/events/stage/sal24-jeff-arnal-dietrich-eichmann
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Livestream: youtube.com/exploratoriumberlin
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American drummer Jeff Arnal and German pianist Dietrich Eichmann have been improvising freely as a duo since 2002Over the past 20 years. Their music has constantly renewed and reformulated itself; during the most recent tour in 2023, they increasingly defined their current aggregate state as a physical installation in space with sculptural and colourful approaches.
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In addition to the concert, Jeff Arnal – in his capacity as Executive Director of the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville (North Carolina) – will talk about the legacy of the legendary Black Mountain College, founded in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression and closed in 1957.
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The BMC was based on experimentation, non-hierarchical and democratic structures, interdisciplinary collaboration was a fundamental principle. Among the associated musicians and artists are famous names as John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Lou Harrison, David Tudor and Stefan Wolpe, whom Dietrich Eichmann counts among his most important influences as a composer. Wolpe had close ties to the Bauhaus and was director of the music department at BMC from 1952–1956.
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This emphasis on experiential learning and experimentation made the BMC an incubator that set the stage for most visual art and performance movements in the 20th century, and its influence continues to resonate with artists worldwide.