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29-454: It was adapted into I La Galigo , a music-theater work by Robert Wilson . The poem is composed in pentameters and relates the story of humanity's origins but serves also as practical everyday almanac . It evolved mostly through oral tradition and is still sung on important occasions. The earliest preserved written versions date back to the 18th century, earlier ones have been lost due to insects, climate or destruction. Consequently, there

58-553: A monlogue , Lady from the Sea , and Adam's Passion, with music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt . When Wilson acquired The Watermill Center facilities in 1992, he began a total renovation of the original structure of the Western Union laboratory on which it was founded. The Watermill Center has received numerous accolades and recognitions for its designed minimalism and theatricality. Following certain precepts of Bauhaus design (Wilson

87-734: A telecommunications laboratory for Western Union , and began to stage experimental performances on site. Early collaborators in these works included Trisha Brown and Susan Sontag , and Philip Glass and Lucinda Childs , who had previously collaborated with Wilson on Einstein on the Beach , and others. Author Brad Gooch worked at Watermill on a production of Persephone , staged by Wilson in 1995, and Isabelle Huppert rehearsed her role in Virginia Woolf's Orlando in 1993, returning in 2006 to act in Heiner Müller's Quartet . In 2000 Watermill

116-540: A variety of disciplines. As a unique center for all the arts working in collaboration, The Watermill Center has been called "the academy of the 21st-Century" by anthropologist Edmund Carpenter , and described by the New York Times as a contemporary " Bayreuth minus the nationalism and the exclusive dedication to the founder's work," In the manner of The Pina Bausch Foundation in Wuppertal , Germany, The Watermill Center

145-796: A variety of educational programs in service to the public schools in Southampton , East Hampton , Sag Harbor , and The Ross School . In 2008 German artist Jonathan Meese was given carte blanche to create "Marlene Dietrich in Dr. No's Ludovico-Clinic (Dr. Baby's Erzland)", an immersive installation within The Watermill Center. In 2012, The Watermill Center held the first posthumous exhibition for Detroit-born artist Mike Kelley , curated by Harald Falckenberg . The exhibition featured early experimental soundtracks and videos as well as works from Kelley's "Kandor" series. The Exhibition, "Mike Kelley: 1954-2012,"

174-475: Is "a laboratory for performance" founded by Robert Wilson in 1992 on the site of a former Western Union research facility. The Watermill Center is located in Water Mill, New York , and was officially opened to the public in 2006. Its programming currently consists of year-round artist residencies and exhibitions, a public summer lecture series, and a collaborative summer program for young and emerging artists from

203-430: Is both a study center for research on Wilson's theater and a workspace for creative development. Wilson himself has described Watermill as "a think tank, a contemplative arcade where all kinds of different things can happen." The Watermill Center is home to The Robert Wilson Archive, The Watermill Study Library, and The Watermill Collection, with notable works of art from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, indigenous peoples of

232-421: Is eventually told about the world's most beautiful woman. He returns home and actually falls in love with his twin sister. To avoid the worst, We Tenriabeng introduces him to a woman of equal beauty, whom he marries to have a son named I La Galigo. Nevertheless, the earth is cleansed of all life another time and their children mate again to repopulate it and start a new era. While parts of the story are narrated,

261-543: Is no complete or definite version of Galigo but the preserved parts amount to 6,000 pages or 300,000 lines of text, making it one of the largest works of literature . The original Bugis language, in which also the production is sung, is now only understood by fewer than 100 people but so far only parts of it have been translated into Indonesian and no complete English language version exists either. The majority of La Galigo manuscripts still existent can be found in Indonesia and

290-1132: The Bruce High Quality Foundation in 2016, Kembra Pfahler in 2012, Genesis P-Orridge in 2010, Brazilian street artists OSGEMEOS in 2005, Chinese artist Cao Fei in 2004, American sculptor Carol Ross in 2013, Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera , Russian performance artist Andrey Bartenev . Artists who have worked and exhibited at Watermill include: Nari Ward , Cory Arcangel , Liz Glynn , Misaki Kawai , Peter Coffin , CocoRosie , Ragnar Kjartansson , Christopher Knowles , Ryan McNamara, John Bock , Sue de Beer , Matt Mullican , Shirin Neshat , William Pope.L , Alvin Baltrop , Tilda Swinton , Jorinde Voigt , Alvin Lucier , Tony Matelli , Lucinda Childs , Jim Jarmusch , Oliver Beer , Stephen Laub , Kirk Knight , Cleon Peterson , Jack Ferver , Tori Wraanes , Noel McKenna , Enric Ruiz Geli , and Wang Qingsong . One gallery of The Watermill Center

319-711: The Shinnecock Indian Nation , British sound artist Oliver Beer , artist Geoffrey Farmer (Canadian Pavilion commission for the 2017 Venice Biennale ), American author Ishmael Reed and German artist Jorinde Voigt . Artist residencies culminate with "In Process" events, which are open to the public. With over 100 participating artists annually, the International Summer Program is an alternative approach to arts education, defying method-learning and academicism in favor of collaboration and experimentation. The Watermill Center's Fellowship program

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348-610: The United States . It is based on an adaption by Rhoda Grauer of the epic creation myth Sureq Galigo of the Bugis from South Sulawesi , written between the 13th and 15th century in the Indonesian language Buginese . Out of the vast material in Sureq Galigo, that covers the story of a so-called Middle World (that of humanity), the drama focuses on one particular narrative thread, about

377-539: The Arctic, pre-modern China, and Shaker furniture , as well as works of modern and contemporary artists and designers like Paul Thek , Robert Mapplethorpe , Christopher Knowles , Donald Judd , Gio Ponti , Josef Hoffmann , and Wilson. In 2013, The Louvre Museum in Paris staged "Living Rooms," a major exhibition incorporating works from The Watermill Collection throughout the museum's galleries. The Watermill Center has been

406-564: The Bugis community, who narrates parts of the story. Finally for the first time I La Galigo performance in their home town, in Makassar the capital city of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. I La Galigo back to home after 6 years performance around the world. The Watermill Center The Watermill Center is a center for the arts and humanities in Water Mill, New York , founded in 1992 by artist and theater director Robert Wilson . The Watermill Center

435-645: The Center officially opened as a year-round facility.The Watermill Center provides artists with time, space, and freedom to work in a communal environment that encourages experimentation. Artist residents share their creative process with the community through open rehearsals, workshops, and artist talks. The Watermill Center hosts over 200 artists every year as part of its interdisciplinary Artist in Residence program. Combining international outreach with support for local practitioners, previous residencies have featured artists from

464-593: The Leiden manuscript is now included in UNESCO's Memory of the World (MOW) Register as the second document from Indonesia after Negarakertagama in 2008 to earn the acknowledgement. In 2017, the Leiden manuscript has been made digitally available. I La Galigo I La Galigo is music-theater work by Robert Wilson that has been shown since 2004 in Asia, Europe, Australia and

493-571: The Netherlands. Leiden University Libraries keeps one of the most valuable manuscripts . The Leiden manuscript consists of twelve volumes and relates the first part of the long Buginese epic. This largest coherent La Galigo fragment in the world was written in Makassar at the request of the theologian and scholar B.F. Matthes (1818–1908). In 1847 Matthes entered the service of the Netherlands Bible Society to study Bugis and Makassarese with

522-502: The New York Times, the benefit has featured performances by the likes of Rufus Wainwright , and CocoRosie , with installations of artwork by Dieter Meier , Lady Gaga , Jonathan Meese , Daniel Arsham , Pussy Riot , and others. A public forum featuring prominent figures in the arts, design, and science, including: Philip Glass , Pussy Riot , Fern Mallis , Jeffrey A. Hoffman , Marina Abramović , Cornel West , Hilton Als , Daniel Libeskind , and others. The Watermill Center hosts

551-592: The actors are not speaking but expressing themselves through dance and gestures. The three-hour-long performance is accompanied extensively by light effects characteristic for Wilson's work and music by an onstage ensemble. Their music sounds traditional, but has actually been composed for the production by the Javanese composer Rahayu Supanggah after intensive research in South Sulawesi. For better dramatic expression, other Javanese and Balinese instruments were added to

580-431: The initially five traditional Sulawesi instruments and new ones were made as well, amounting eventually to 70 instruments played by 12 musicians. Rehearsals for I La Galigo began in workshops at The Watermill Center on Long Island, New York. The production cast consists of 53 musicians and dancers, exclusively from Indonesia and mostly from Sulawesi, as well as one of the few remaining bissu , Puang Matoa Saidi from

609-538: The late 1960s. In 1962, Wilson founded the Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds, a performance company which collaborated on all of his early works, including Deafman Glance, The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud, The King of Spain, The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin , and KA MOUNTAIN and GUARDenia Terrace . Notable collaborators of the Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds included Gordon Matta Clark , Jack Smith , Sheryl Sutton , and Jerome Robbins . During this period, Robbins

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638-624: The purpose of translating the Bible into those languages. The text was written by Colliq Pujié (Arung Pancana Toa), Queen-mother of Tanete, a small kingdom in South Sulawesi. The manuscript is now part of the collection Indonesian manuscripts of the Netherlands Bible Society , given on permanent loan to the Leiden University Libraries since the years 1905–1915. In 2012, together with another La Galigo manuscript, held in Makassar,

667-743: The site of exhibitions of artists such as Mike Kelley , Jonathan Meese , and Dieter Meier . In 2015, the Inga Maren Otto Fellowship was established to support international artists-in-residence at the Watermill Center. The Watermill Center is operated by the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation , a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization chartered in 1969 in the State of New York. Robert Wilson first created performance works specific to sites on Eastern Long Island in

696-493: The warrior Sawerigading, and his twin sister, We Tenriabeng. They are descendants of the gods of the heavens and the gods of the underworld who send their offspring to inhabit the earth. From the time in the womb of their mother, which is put onto stage, they are destined to fall in love with each other. Worried that their incest would doom the world, the Bissu priests order them to be separated at birth. Sawerigading travels abroad but

725-537: Was a student of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, architectural scholar and spouse to Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy ), Watermill's design influences also include the traditional architecture of Indonesia, as well as certain structural ideas Wilson incorporates in his theater productions. The Watermill Center is situated on a 10-acre campus consisting of gardens, natural environments, and permanent installations of wooden sculptures and megalithic stones from Indonesia. The Watermill Center’s Artist Residency Program began in 2006 when

754-467: Was creating Watermill , a ballet with music by Teiji Ito , with early rehearsals and workshops taking place outdoors in Water Mill , New York. Wilson was Robbins's assistant at the time. Previously, Wilson had apprenticed under architect Paolo Soleri at the experimental community of Arcosanti in Arizona. In 1992, Wilson acquired The Watermill Center's current facilities, which had previously housed

783-454: Was established with a gift by philanthropist Inga Maren Otto. 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Every summer since 1993, the Watermill Center has hosted an outdoor performance festival showcasing the work of hundreds of young artists and drawing an audience of notable guests from New York and elsewhere. Called "without a doubt, the most creative art event for the Hamptons summer colony," by

812-480: Was the origin point for a production of Lady from the Sea and in 2003–04, Wilson's epic theater work I La Galigo with a cast of 53 Indonesian actors was developed there. Other notable productions initiated by Wilson with students at The Watermill Center include Time Rocker with music by Lou Reed , Jean Genet's Les Negres , Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros , Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata , Claudio Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea , HAMLET:

841-551: Was voted "Best show in a non-profit gallery or alternative space" in 2012 by the International Association of Art Critics . In 2014 The Watermill Center held the first American exhibition of Robert Wilson's Video Portraits of Lady Gaga . The exhibition had debuted in 2013 at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Other notable exhibitions and installations include "As We Lay Dying", a large scale theatrical installation by

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