Sound in the Garden. A concert series by the Neue Nationalgalerie | from 11.07.2024

The third edition of the ‘Sound in the Garden’ concert series starts on Thursday, 11 July 2024 in the sculpture garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie. This year’s programme opens at 5.30 pm with three concerts by Lyra Pramuk, Yu Lin Humm and Koaxula: the Koaxula collective will begin with a new hybrid set, Yu Lin Humm will continue with a solo cello performance and experimental vocalist Lyra Pramuk will close the evening. ‘Sound in the Garden’ will continue with dates in August and September 2024. As part of Volkswagen Group Art4All, admission to the concerts and, from 4 to 8 p.m., to the current exhibitions is free.

Image above. Sound in the garden, Thu 22 Aug. Alicja Kwade, Goldelse, 2021 ©️ Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Pace. Picture credits: Photography by Roman März.

Agenda:

Admission from 5 pm.
Admission is free, registration is not required.

5.30 pm
KOAXULA is a collaborative sound and performance project by Natalia Escobar and Daniela Huerta that uses sound, performance and installation to find hybrid narrative forms. They are inspired by mythological archetypes that build a bridge between past, present and future. At the Neue Nationalgalerie, they are presenting a new site-specific hybrid performance that combines electro-acoustic sounds with themes such as intimacy, pleasure and vulnerability, and which takes up the ideas of the current exhibition “Andy Warhol. Velvet Rage and Beauty”.

8 pm
YU LIN HUMM is a versatile composer, musician and visual artist. Known for her collaborations with renowned artists such as Damien Rice and Gaspar Claus, Humm has composed award-winning soundtracks for theatre and film. Her current focus is on creating immersive experiences that combine music, science and visual art to deepen the connection to the natural world. At Neue Nationalgalerie, she will present her first solo cello album Islas Resonantes, which she composed while travelling along the Orinoco River on the Colombian-Venezuelan border.

8.45 pm
LYRA PRAMUK plays sounds of liquefied vocals and mystical electronics to explore the healing potential of music. Combining classical singing, pop sensibility, performance and contemporary club culture, she explores the relationship between technology and humanity and a post-human, non-binary understanding of life. On this evening at Neue Nationalgalerie, Pramuk presents a new live set accompanied by electric guitarist Jules Reidy, vocalist Eli Berman and poets Nadia Marcus and Lesley Moon. In the spirit of improvisation, the sunset performance combines unreleased tracks with spoken poetry and original songs.

The event is co-curated by Natalia Escobar and Daniela Huerta in collaboration with Gregor Quack, Volkswagen Group Fellow at Freunde der Nationalgalerie e.V

Further dates:
Thursday, 22 August, from 7 pm
Alicja Kwade, “Goldelse”: Welcome Party in collaboration w/ Grzegorski
Records
Saturday, 24 August, 6 pm to 2 am
Sam Barker: “Discrete Ensemble” (sound installation) during the Long Night of Museums, supported by Kulturprojekte Berlin

Saturday, 14 September, 7 pm
Concert by Bendik Giske as part of Berlin Art Week

Drinks will be available for purchase in the sculpture garden during the events
with the kind support of BRLO Craft Brewery, Rheinsberger Preussenquelle, the Mies-liwska Bar and Paul Knittel/Kevin Leismann. Catering from the Ta’Cabrón Taqueria.
The exhibitions “Zerreissprobe. Torn Test. Art between politics and Society. Collection of the Nationalgalerie 1945 – 2000”, “Gerhard Richter. 100 Works for Berlin” and “Andy Warhol. Velvet Rage and Beauty” are accessible free of charge as part of Volkswagen Group Art4All from 4 to 8 p.m. free of charge.
Sound in the Garden is supported by the PACE Gallery and the Volkswagen Group: Partner of the National Gallery.
Sound in the Garden is made possible by the Freunde der Nationalgalerie e.V. Sound in the Garden is supported by its partners BRLO and Ashley Systems.

WHEN?
Tue – Wed 10 – 18 hrs
Thu 10 – 20 hrs
Fri – So 10 – 18 hrs

WHERE?
Neue Nationalgalerie
Potsdamer Straße 50
10785 Berlin