At the start of this year, the violinist Ayumi Paul began writing letters to the artist and composer, Art Benjamin Meyers. Forgoing small talk in her writing, Paul instead shares intimate details from her childhood, telling of love, loss and her experiences of therapy. Meyers answered these letters in his own way, writing a score and translating Paul’s words into notes — thereby creating a sensitive portrait of his longtime friend. In Esther Schipper’s gallery you can now listen to Paul’s interpretation of Meyers’ compositions performed on the violin. Hanging on the walls are the letters, which Meyers has annotated with notes and memories. The duo’s friendship is experienced as a sound space in which music, words and objects each have their own role to play. (Text: Laura Storfner / Photos c/o the artist and Esther Schipper / Andrea Rossetti)
Esther Schipper, Potsdamer Str.81E, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten; map
“Ari Benjamin Meyers – Solo for Ayumi“, until 5.8.2017
Tue-Sat 11-18h
