"The Schönberg Games" is a work of art, but directly linked in its approach as an innovative art education.
Music, media art, chess, a multifaceted panorama that corresponds to Schönberg's work in its versatility, at the same time artistically brings it into a new narrative and explains and presents the essential peculiarities and works in an art-mediated way.
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Arnold Schönberg's 150th birthday is on Friday, September 13, 2024. Arnold Schönberg was known to be a triskaidekaphobic, the superstitious fear of the number 13, it is said, he also left out an "a" from "Moses and Aaron" to prevent the sum of the letters from becoming 13. Additionally we want to celebrate the weekend around the sesquicentennial anniversary with many different impulses and encounters.
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On the actual birthday, September 13th, however, there will be a lecture with a special artistic program as a prelude to the overall project as well as a kick-off event with encounters between the participants and guests of the partnerships as an international bridge from New York to Austria.
On Friday & Saturday, September 13 and 14, 2024, the life and biography of Arnold Schönberg will be honored, experienced and brought closer to an audience for a weekend in New York as part of a performative celebration with interventions and stories. The parks in New York are very crowded and lively, especially during the weekend. The project will also address park design, immigration and other issues.
​A meeting format over three days and different stations, with a lot of artistic contributions, scientific impulses, exchange between business, art, and science in the form of direct invitations and the kick-off event on the actual birthday!
150 years of Schönberg - chess, music and more!
2024 marks the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schönberg's birth.
Like no other composer, Schönberg shaped the transition to contemporary music. He was the founder of 12-tone music and his radical approach provoked both resistance and enthusiasm. ​To this day, he stands for an upheaval in classical music.
At the same time, his biography is a symbol of the history of the early 20th century. Arnold Schönberg, born in Vienna in 1874, was Jewish and had to convert to Protestantism in order to be allowed to marry and gain social recognition. In 1933, he had to emigrate to the USA to escape National Socialism. His music was branded by the Nazis as the epitome of degenerate music. It was banned and could not be performed in Germany and Austria for a long time.
With his biography and his work, Arnold Schönberg stands for resistance and overcoming the Third Reich. ​
​To properly honor him and his work, the project "Schönberg Games - Chess, Tennis, Music and More!" will be created in New York on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
An artistic intervention,
a narrative on several levels,
a mediation concept, a social sculpture, music, media and
sound art
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The project is an art, culture & education project and as such is dedicated to the public, aims to ensure low-threshold access and, in addition to the many people and personalities involved, to specifically address and inspire New York residents, passers-by, park visitors and the surrounding area with a program that aims to be a special performance and presentation for one day. Mediation, performance, play and music are elements of the presentations.
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The Schoenberg Games
September 13th - September 15th | New-York
"The Schönberg Games" wants to create numerous impressions and give them away, to create images that you won't forget, to create an atmosphere that is so playful that even passers-by who don't have an affinity for Schönberg get involved in learning, hearing or participating in the stations.
