Library Week with lectures, Poetry Film screenings at Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 6:30pm on 7th-9th September 2010
Time : 6:30 pm
Entry : Free
Event Details : Library Week with lectures, Poetry Film screenings.
7th September : At the library (Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
6.30pm: ADORNO’S NIGHT MUSIC - Lecture
With Wieland Hoban and Prof. Pi-hsien Chen
Wieland Hoban will read excerpts from the book “Night Music” accompanied on the piano by Prof. Pi-hsien Chen.
“Night Music” is the first complete English translation of two collections of texts compiled by Theodor W. Adorno – “Moments Musicaux” and “Theory of New Music”. “In Moments Musicaux”, Adorno echoes Schubert’s eponymous cycle, with its emphasis on aphorism, and offers lyrical reflections on music of the past and his own time. “Theory of New Music”, presents Adorno’s thoughts and theories on the composition, reception, and analysis of the music being written around him. The insightful texts in “Night Music” show the breadth of Adorno’s musical understanding and reveal an overlooked side to this significant thinker.
Wieland Hoban is a British composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe. He has translated several of Adorno’s works and is a translator for the ongoing book series “New Music & Aesthetics in the 21st Century” since 2001. He lives in Germany. Pi-hsien Chen is a professor for the piano at the Musikhochschule in Köln since 1983 and holds a similar position at the Hochschule in Freiburg since 2004. Pi-hsien Chen, began learning piano at an early age and gave her first public performance at the age of five. She has performed with famous orchestras and has worked with the most renowned conductors. During her career spanning over 27 years, she has been a part of numerous music festivals.
“Night Music - Essays on Music 1926-196” by Theodor W. Adorno is translated by Wieland Hoban and published by Seagull Books as part of The German List series with support from Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, India.
“Night Music” from Seagull’s The German List will be available for sale at the event.
In cooperation with Seagull Books.
Lecture
8th September : At the Siddartha Hall (Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
6.30 pm: BUILDING THE LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner
Creating libraries is essentially about people, and the increasing diversity of their needs. The traditional library is undergoing a radical transformation from collection-dominated to user-centric and this inspires the design of the new library buildings and the entire planning process. In the debate on modern library buildings “flexibility” is the main focus. Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner will outline the key qualities of good library space and will show some remarkable examples of new academic and public libraries to illustrate current developments and trends in architecture and design from a German perspective.
Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner is currently the Director of the Philological Library of the Freie Universität Berlin and has a degree in Library and Information Science and a Ph.D. in German Literature. He has been a consultant for many major library projects, both for restructuring libraries as well as building new ones. Dr. Werner has various publications to his credit in the field of library building, equipment and library management. He is also a member of the commission for library and archive building guidelines of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).
9th September : At the Library (Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
6.30 pm: POETRY FILMS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE ZEBRA POETRY FILM FESTIVAL
Dr. Christiane Lange of Literaturwerkstatt Berlin will present a selection of prize-winning poetry films from the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, and introduce latest works from Asia. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has established itself as an international forum for short films that deal with the content, aesthetics or form of poems - a new genre currently making place for itself in the world of the arts. The festival, a bi-annual competition since 2002, recognises the best in poetry filmmaking. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival offers filmmakers and poets from around the world the opportunity to exchange ideas and consolidate a basis for future work. It takes place as part of the poesiefestival berlin.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with interfilm Berlin and is supported by the Goethe-Institut.
Dr. Christiane Lange is a theatre critic and arts journalist living in Berlin. Deputy Director of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin since 2001, she is also responsible for the coordination of the poesiefestival berlin. She has co-authored several significant art publications.
Entry : Free
Place : Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
7th September : At the library (Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
6.30pm: ADORNO’S NIGHT MUSIC - Lecture
With Wieland Hoban and Prof. Pi-hsien Chen
Wieland Hoban will read excerpts from the book “Night Music” accompanied on the piano by Prof. Pi-hsien Chen.
“Night Music” is the first complete English translation of two collections of texts compiled by Theodor W. Adorno – “Moments Musicaux” and “Theory of New Music”. “In Moments Musicaux”, Adorno echoes Schubert’s eponymous cycle, with its emphasis on aphorism, and offers lyrical reflections on music of the past and his own time. “Theory of New Music”, presents Adorno’s thoughts and theories on the composition, reception, and analysis of the music being written around him. The insightful texts in “Night Music” show the breadth of Adorno’s musical understanding and reveal an overlooked side to this significant thinker.
Wieland Hoban is a British composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe. He has translated several of Adorno’s works and is a translator for the ongoing book series “New Music & Aesthetics in the 21st Century” since 2001. He lives in Germany. Pi-hsien Chen is a professor for the piano at the Musikhochschule in Köln since 1983 and holds a similar position at the Hochschule in Freiburg since 2004. Pi-hsien Chen, began learning piano at an early age and gave her first public performance at the age of five. She has performed with famous orchestras and has worked with the most renowned conductors. During her career spanning over 27 years, she has been a part of numerous music festivals.
“Night Music - Essays on Music 1926-196” by Theodor W. Adorno is translated by Wieland Hoban and published by Seagull Books as part of The German List series with support from Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, India.
“Night Music” from Seagull’s The German List will be available for sale at the event.
In cooperation with Seagull Books.
Lecture
8th September : At the Siddartha Hall (Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
6.30 pm: BUILDING THE LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner
Creating libraries is essentially about people, and the increasing diversity of their needs. The traditional library is undergoing a radical transformation from collection-dominated to user-centric and this inspires the design of the new library buildings and the entire planning process. In the debate on modern library buildings “flexibility” is the main focus. Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner will outline the key qualities of good library space and will show some remarkable examples of new academic and public libraries to illustrate current developments and trends in architecture and design from a German perspective.
Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner is currently the Director of the Philological Library of the Freie Universität Berlin and has a degree in Library and Information Science and a Ph.D. in German Literature. He has been a consultant for many major library projects, both for restructuring libraries as well as building new ones. Dr. Werner has various publications to his credit in the field of library building, equipment and library management. He is also a member of the commission for library and archive building guidelines of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).
9th September : At the Library (Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
6.30 pm: POETRY FILMS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE ZEBRA POETRY FILM FESTIVAL
Dr. Christiane Lange of Literaturwerkstatt Berlin will present a selection of prize-winning poetry films from the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, and introduce latest works from Asia. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has established itself as an international forum for short films that deal with the content, aesthetics or form of poems - a new genre currently making place for itself in the world of the arts. The festival, a bi-annual competition since 2002, recognises the best in poetry filmmaking. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival offers filmmakers and poets from around the world the opportunity to exchange ideas and consolidate a basis for future work. It takes place as part of the poesiefestival berlin.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with interfilm Berlin and is supported by the Goethe-Institut.
Dr. Christiane Lange is a theatre critic and arts journalist living in Berlin. Deputy Director of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin since 2001, she is also responsible for the coordination of the poesiefestival berlin. She has co-authored several significant art publications.
Library Week with lectures, Poetry Film screenings at Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 6:30pm on 7th-9th September 2010
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