Ari Benjamin Meyers
Ari Benjamin Meyers (* 1972 in New York City ) is an American pianist , composer , conductor and artist .
Life
Ari Benjamin Meyers learned to play the piano and composed at the Juilliard School , Yale University and the Peabody Institute in New York. He wrote pieces of music for the stage and sound installations. He worked with the artists Tino Sehgal and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster as well as the bands Einstürzende Neubauten and Chicks on Speed . Meyers also composed classical music pieces for the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong New Music Orchestra .
Ari Bengamin Meyers lives in Berlin.
Performances and exhibitions
2019
- Tacet , Kasseler Kunstverein , Kassel (with Jörn Schafaff , curated by Judith Waldmann )
2018
- Kunsthalle for Music , Witte de With , Rotterdam
- Four Liverpool Musicians (Bettie, Budgie, Ken Louisa), Liverpool Biennial
- State Orchestra , Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich
- Changing of The Guard , Schauspielhaus Bochum
2017
- The Name Of This Band is The Art (Lyon) , Biennale de Lyon
- Solo for Ayumi , Esther Schipper , Berlin
- SYMPHONY 80 , Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau, Munich
- An exposition, not an exhibition , Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
2016
- Musical works by artists , Hamburger Bahnhof (group exhibition)
- The Name Of This Band is The Art , RaebervonStenglin Zurich (solo exhibition)
- Memories of the Future , Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie (3 day in-situ intervention)
- Elevator Music, TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Poland. Part of Sound Systems (group show), (curated by Marie-Eve Lafontaine )
- Serious Immobilities , K20 Düsseldorf (Performance)
- Serious Immobilities (Workshop Version), ImpulsTanz Wien (Workshop Performance)
2015
- Cairo Off Biennale (curated by Simon Ndjami )
- music, driving readiness - Haubrok Collection (group exhibition)
- Performance Lecture, National Gallery of Kosovo
- Symphony X13B , Brandenburger Symphoniker , Brandenburger Theater
- Untitled for Choir (Beating Time) , Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin
- The Verismo Project , Art in the Cinema, Kino International, Berlin (group exhibition)
2014
- Frost Radio , Seoul ( Korea )
- Symphony X (installation version ), K21 , Düsseldorf (performance)
- Symphony X (installation version) , KW Berlin (performance)
- Mutual Life Company , Theater der Welt , Mannheim (performance)
- Supergroup , Tanzhaus NRW (group exhibition)
- Just in Time, Just in Sequence , Schauspielhaus Bochum / This Is Not Detroit
- I Take Part and the Part Takes Me , Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin (group exhibition)
- The Lightning and Its Flash (Solo for Conductor) , New Initiative for Europe, Akademie der Künste , Berlin
- The New Empirical , Hatje Cantz & Du Moulin in Bikini (group exhibition)
2013
- November 1, 2013 / 7:30 - 8:30 pm (Clock Out) , ICI Berlin (reading)
- Black Thoughts , Esther Schipper, Berlin (solo exhibition)
- Chamber Music (Vestibule) , Berlinische Galerie (installation)
- Songbook , Esther Schipper (solo exhibition)
- SOLO , House of Art , Munich (performance)
2012
- Symphony X (installation version) , Springdance Festival (performance)
- I wish this was a song. Music in Contemporary Art , National Museum Oslo , Oslo (group exhibition)
- SOLO , Brecht-Haus , Berlin as part of the Brecht Days (performance)
- dOCUMENTA (13)
2011
- End of the Dream , Mica Moca, Berlin (group exhibition)
- SOLO , Hebbel-Theater, Berlin (performance)
- Symphony Editions , Berlin Weekly (group exhibition)
- The Lightning and Its Flash , Galerie VeneKlasen / Werner, Berlin (performance)
Community projects
2018
- The Persians , with Ulrich Rasche , Salzburg Festival / Schauspiel Frankfurt
2017
- Seven goals by Theben / Antigone , with Ulrich Rasche, Schauspiel Frankfurt
2016
- Untitled Ballet, with Tino Sehgal , Paris Opera
- The robbers , with Ulrich Rasche, Residenztheater Munich
2015
- The earthquake in Chili , with Ulrich Rasche, Bern City Theater
- Dantons Tod , with Ulrich Rasche, Schauspiel Frankfurt
2014
- The Opera Game , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Fondation Louis Vuitton , Paris
- Cosmic Octave , with Ulrich Rasche, Sophiensæle , Berlin
- Paper Poem , with Jeeun Choi , Agnes Monastery , Prague
2013
- Ravel, Ravel , with Anri Sala , French Pavilion Biennale di Venezia
- Ghost Recordings , with Sora Kim , Tina Kim Gallery, New York
2012
- Belle Comme le Jour , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (film)
- This variation , with Tino Sehgal, dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel
- To the Moon via the Beach , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, LUMA Foundation , Arles
- T.451 , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tensta Konsthall
- The Breathing Line , with Anri Sala, Irish Museum of Modern Art
- Wide Open School , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Hayward Gallery , London
- 32 m above sea level - 114.7 m above sea level , with Cyrill Lachauer , Berlinische Galerie
2011
- The Fairytale Recordings , with Saâdane Afif , Schinkel Pavilion , Berlin
- 1395 Days Without Red (Performance version) , with Anri Sala, Center Pompidou , Paris
- 1395 Days Without Red , with Anri Sala and Sejla Kameric , Artangel, London (film)
- 25 Sad Songs , with Thomas Krupa , Schauspiel Essen
- M.31 / K.62 / K.85 , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Hebbel-Theater , Berlin
2010
- K.62 / M.73 / K.85 , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Kaaitheater, Brussels
- K.62 / K.85 , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Performa '09 commission, New York
- Sol is going home ... , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Whitechapel Gallery , London
- Life Flag , with Sabine Kacunko , Robert Koch Institute , Berlin
2009
- Eichbaumoper , with Raumlabor Berlin , Schauspiel Essen / music theater in the Gelsenkirchen district
- Music machine , with La Fura dels Baus , Saarland State Theater
2008
- Berlin Alexanderplatz , with Thomas Krupa, Theater Freiburg
- NY.2022 , with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York
- Untitled , with Tino Sehgal, Hebbel-Theater, Berlin
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website Ari Benjamin Meyers .
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 27, 2017
- ^ Homepage of the Esther Schipper gallery .
- ↑ WELT ONLINE from Thursday, June 22, 2017
- ^ Rheinische Post from Monday, June 20, 2016
- ↑ WELT ONLINE from Friday, July 27, 2018
- ^ Interstices, ICI Berlin, 1-2 Nov 2013
- ↑ dpa from Thursday, June 22, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyers, Ari Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |