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Shirazeh Houshiary’s Breath At the 55th Biennale di Venezia

To arrive at the Arsenale Nord one must take a boat. As I step from the quay, the frenetic, madding opening week bustle of the Arsenale is left behind. There is no sense of loss. A light drizzle is in the air and I feel as though I’m on a pilgrimage towards tranquility and peace, […]

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Karlheinz Stockhausen’s OKTOPHONIE – Spaceship to the Divine

Image courtesy of Masha Froliak Entering the darkened auditorium of the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall served as a perfect setting for Karlheinz Stockhausen’s OKTOPHONIE. The audience was immediately invited into a mysterious world where the musical and the visual combined to take one on a meditative journey. As a pioneer of electronic music, a […]

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