Susan Philipsz

01.02. – 04.05.2014 Opening: 31.01.2014, 8 p.m. Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin / Historic Hall Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Invalidenstr. 50-51, 10557 Berlin Tue, Wed, Fri 10–6, Thu 10–8, Sat, Sun 11–6 Part File Score 24-channel sound installation Twelve ways to describe Hanns Eisler Photo: Nick Ash The sound works by the internationally acclaimed Berlin-based Scottish artist Susan Philipsz are often created for particular locations and refer to their history and spatial features. For the historic hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Philipsz has designed a sound installation that relates both to the building’s former function as a railway station and to the architectonic structure of the hall…

Lecture and artist talk

29.04.2014 / 7 p.m. Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Invalidenstr. 50-51, 10557 Berlin Program accompanying the exhibition Works of Music by Visual Artists SUSAN PHILIPSZ Part File Score 24-channel sound installation Twelve ways to describe Hanns Eisler Program: Welcome Ingrid Buschmann and Gabriele Knapstein Introduction to the film music compositions of Hanns Eisler with film excerpts with Peter Deeg and Johannes C. Gall (in German language) Susan Philipsz in conversation with Martin Herbert (in English language) Participants: Peter Deeg (Berlin) is a musicologist who frequently publishes on Hanns Eisler and is currently associated with the music archive of the Akademie der Künste Berlin. In 2012/2013 he compiled a filmography…