3pm, 5pm, 7pm (concerts begin 4pm, 6pm, 8pm)
Tickets combine one talk and one performance
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor discusses his groundbreaking design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 with influential Dutch designer Piet Oudolf, whose specially created garden is enclosed within the Pavilion. A collaborative performance between Fritz Hauser Peter Conradin Zumthor, The Call of the Drum, follows.
Find out more about the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 designed by Peter Zumthor.
The Call of the Drum
Originally conceived for their first duo-performance in the context of Peter Conradin Zumthor's solo-programme Die Nagelschmiede (Theater Chur, June 4/5, 2011, directed by Fritz Hauser), the two percussionists will adapt Fritz Hauser's composition to the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 designed by Peter Zumthor. Based on a ritualistic bass-drum pattern the form dissolves into a free exchange of sounds and noises, using space and distance to create new sound perspectives.
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Peter Zumthor
Born in Basel in 1943, Zumthor trained as a cabinetmaker at the shop of his father, as a designer and architect at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel and at Pratt Institute, New York. In 1979 he established his own practice in Haldenstein, Switzerland. Major Buildings: Protective Housing for Roman Archaeological Excavations, Chur, Switzerland, 1986; Sogn Benedetg Chapel, Sumvitg, Switzerland, 1988; Therme Vals, Switzerland, 1996; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, 1997; Swiss Sound Box, Swiss Pavilion, Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany, 2000; Kolumba Art Museum, Cologne, Germany, 2007; Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, Wachendorf, Germany, 2007. Major Awards: Carlsberg Architectural Prize, Copenhagen, 1998; Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture, Barcelona, 1998; Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award, Wood in Culture Association, Finland, 2006; Praemium Imperiale, Japan Art Association, 2008; The Pritzker Architecture Prize, The Hyatt Foundation, 2009.
Piet Oudolf
Oudolf's projects include the internationally renowned High Line in New York, which involved planting along a railway line that winds through the city. Combining minimalism with ecology, this garden was conceived of as a series of interwoven elements that lead visitors along a richly planted path. Other notable designs include the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park, Chicago; Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in Surrey; Il Giardino delle Vergini at the 2010 Venice Biennale; and his own innovative garden in Hummelo, The Netherlands. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2010 Award of Distinction by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and the 2009 Dalecarlica Award, Sweden. Oudolf's garden was also awarded 'Best in Show' at the 2000 Chelsea Flower Show, London. In 2010 he was named as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company Magazine.
Fritz Hauser
Born in Basel in 1953, Fritz Hauser develops solo programmes for drums and percussion, which he performs worldwide. Cross-media works with architect Boa Baumann, lighting designer Brigitte Dubach, director Barbara Frey, as well as with choreographers Joachim Schloemer, Heddy Maalem and Anna Huber. Compositions for Percussion ensembles and -soloists, sound installations (a.o. Therme Vals, Architekturmuseum Basel, Castel Burio, Italy), radio plays, soundtracks to film and readings. Fritz Hauser has premiered the works of various composers, among which various pieces for solo drum-set (a.o. John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Rob Kloet, Bun Ching Lam, Joey Baron, Pierre Favre, Robert Suter, Warren Smith, Franz Koglmann). He collaborates with improvising musicians around the world. In August 2011 Fritz Hauser creates and directs the season-opening musical project schraffur for gong and theatre at Theater Basel. The performance includes 240 employees of the theatre from the director to the box office. Co-direction Boa Baumann. In cooperation with long-standing artistic companions architect Boa Baumann and lighting designer Brigitte Dubach, Fritz Hauser designs the KLANGHAUS ZUG exhibition. It features new sound-installations in a solo-exhibition: Kunsthaus Zug, Switzerland 2.12.2011 - 4.3.2012. www.fritzhauser.ch
Peter Conradin Zumthor
Born in 1979, for years Peter Conradin Zumthor has been present on international stages with innovative and specialised music. Concert tours brought him to a dozen countries from Mozambique to the Ukraine. He is the initiator of several national and international projects and bands. His field of activities ranges from first performances of new music, composing of architectural, site-specific music, to literature-specific music, to pure improvisations. He has collaborated closely with composers Felix Profos and David Dramm, musicians Lucas Niggli, Dominik Blum, Vera Kappeler, Achim Escher & Marek Otwinowski, Barry Guy, Fritz Hauser, Kesivan Naidoo, Rolando Lamussene as well as with Ukrainian writer Yuri Andruchowych.
His first solo program Die Nagelschmiede (directed by Fritz Hauser) premiered in June 2011.
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