Coverbild Meredith Monk. Calling
Meredith Monk. Calling
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Edited by: Anna Schneider, Beatrix Ruf, Peter Sciscioli, Haus der Kunst, München, Hartwig Art Foundation
Contributions: Hilton Als, Mariette Dölle, Siri Engberg, Andrea Lissoni, Bonnie Marranca, Meredith Monk, Rick Moody, Timothy Morton, Beatrix Ruf, Anna Schneider, Adam Shatz, Louise Steinman, John Luther Adams, Carla Blank, Theo Bleckmann, Tom Bogdan, Ping Chong, Manfred Eicher, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Andrea Goodman, Ann Hamilton, Lanny Harrison, Jim Hodges, Pico Iyer, Joan Jonas, Alex Katz, John R. Killacky, Ralph Lemon, Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Frank J. Oteri, Ishmael Reed, Tennessee Reed, Alex Ross, Peter Sciscioli, Yuval Sharon, Allison Sniffin, Jean-Louis Tallon, Anne Waldman, Yoshio Yabara, John Zorn
English
September 2024, 400 Pages
Lay-Flat Binding with Flaps
232mm x 290mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5481-1
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| »I work between Cracks, where the Voice starts dancing«
To say that Meredith Monk is an outstanding singer, composer, choreographer and filmmaker says a lot and yet too little. Monk works seamlessly across disciplines—pushing the boundaries of music, theater, dance, video, and installation, and is considered a pioneer of site-specific performance. At the center of her oeuvre is the suggestive power of the human voice: the body becomes a resonating space for a universal language for which there are no words. Monk was the first artist to create a performance for the rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum, she performed in public car parks and on opera stages. This catalogue presents the first career encompassing, in-depth analysis of her work. Featuring never-before-published archival material, musical notations, drawings, and photographs, as well as an insightful conversation with the artist, the essays underscore Monk’s lasting influence and affirm the relevance of her work for the present.

MEREDITH MONK (*1942, New York City) began to explore the spectrum of the human voice through abstract vocal expressions in the early 1960s. She developed what became known as “extended vocal technique” in numerous solo performances, using the three-octave range of her voice. In 1968 she founded The House to promote interdisciplinary performance and ten years later the Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble. Monk is an award-winning filmmaker and has received numerous honors such as the National Medal of Arts.
EXHIBITIONS
Oude Kerk with Hartwig Foundation, Amsterdam
October 21, 2023 – March 17, 2024

Haus der Kunst, Munich
November 10, 2023 – March 3, 2024
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