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Arrivals – Autumn 2005
Saturday 8th October,7.15pm, Modern
Art Oxford
£6.50 (£3.50 conc.)
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Arrivals was a season of events celebrating the music and
art of the Baltic States on the occasion of their entry into
the European Union. The project was part of Evolving City,
an initiative coordinated by Oxford Inspires and funded by
the Urban Cultural Programme. It was a collaboration between
OCM and Modern Art Oxford. For MAO, Arrivals is a series of
exhibitions over two years (still ongoing) at Modern Art Oxford
and Turner Contemporary, Margate, introducing the work of
artists from the expanded European Union.
For OCM Arrivals was three projects:
Ketubah – a wedding installation by Max Reinhardt in
collaboration with Lithuanian artists G-Lab and Arkadijus
Gotesmanas. (See separate entry under Ketubah). Ketubah was
also part of a wider Lithuanian festival in October featuring
a residency by Zilvinas Lanzbergas at Modern Art Oxford, a
production of The Masquerade by Mikhail performed by the Small
State Theatre of Vilnius at the Oxford Playhouse and Lithuanian
films as part of OxDox Film Festival.
The Weekend Guitar Trio. - Robert Jürendal, 21st to 25th
November 2005 Tõnis Leemats and Mart Soo. The trio
were chosen for an Oxford residency by BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
presenter, Fiona Talkington. They spent a week in Oxford and
performed at Shotover Day Centre, Matrix Music Centre in Sutton
Courtney, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, did a jam session
with the Oxford Improvisers and a major concert at the Jacqueline
du Pré Music Building. The project was supported by
the Estonian Embassy and opened by Estonian Ambassdor HE Dr
Kaja Tael and featured an exhibition by visual artist Juri
Kask and poetry by Kristiina Ehin and animations from the
Estonian film studio Joonisfilm.
Latvian Radio Chamber Choir and Gavin Bryars. The Latvian
Radio Chamber Choir were invited to Oxford by OCM and Gavin
Bryars specially for Arrivals where they performed in the
beautiful setting of St Barnabas Church. They performed a
programme of music by Gavin Bryars and a selection of contemporary
Latvian composers. The choir is comprised of soloists from
one of the most distinctive choirs in Europe, the Latvian
Radio Choir and conducted by Kaspars Putninš. Gavin performed
with the choir on harmonium for his fabulous work, On Photography,
and the concert marked the launch of the album of the same
name on Gavin’s record label.
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