Visitor Information
Public Opening:
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Performance:
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The Borealis Lab presents Gaia: Theatre of Fire, featuring Paul Alexander, the Borealis String Quartet, Boris Sichon and audience volunteers.
Venue:
The Barn. Seating is limited to 80 people. Please arrive early.
Filming:
This premiere performance will be filmed live.
Audio Tours:
Self-guided audio tour guides are available on loaner devices and for download on demand.
Gaia: Theatre of Fire
Inaugural Borealis Lab
Paul Alexander, the Borealis String Quartet, Boris Sichon and audience volunteers
This event marks the premiere of the Borealis Lab, a new initiative supporting work that takes the quartet beyond the traditional concert hall.
Composer Paul Alexander joins the Borealis String Quartet, percussionist Boris Sichon and audience volunteers playing ancient Peruvian whistling vessels for a 40-minute performance in five parts.
Inside the darkened Barn, live strings, global percussion and natural soundscapes combine to evoke humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
Repertoire
Paul Alexander
Gaia: Theatre of Fire
A follow-up to Galatea, written for the Borealis String Quartet.
Jeffrey saw the purpose of his work and the park as:
extending the ancient narrative of art and consequently rekindle the historical spirit of modernism. In addition to viewing the work, which includes the Sculpture Park itself, the goal is to revive the interdisciplinary creative impetus of early modernism and to attain the understanding of art as a serious and credible source of special insight for the evolution of ideas.
His vision for the park was of a place for the appreciation of art beyond sociopolitical instrumentalization or financial commodification. As such Rubinoff’s sculptures permanently exist within a fixed landscape. There is no charge for admittance, nor for any tours, concerts, or other events. They are not for sale and can never be shown in another museum or any other context.