Both Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane are respected as performers and contemporary composers whose work exists at the intersection of art and social practice.
Now, the two embark on their first large-scale collaboration after working together for more than a decade.
This new work, co-commissioned by UMS, is inspired by the magical realism of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges’s 1939 short story, “The Library of Babel.” In this enigmatic narrative, Borges conjures a captivating and perplexing universe where the notion of infinity collides with the fragility of human understanding. Randomly arranged books, each containing exactly 410 pages, fill the Library of Babel’s infinite expanse of interlocking hexagonal rooms, encompassing all knowledge that currently exists or may exist in the future while paradoxically offering no true enlightenment. Shaw and Kahane invite audiences to contemplate the joy, grief, wonder, and bewilderment that spring from a life oversaturated in information.
PROGRAM
Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane The Library of Babel (UMS Co-Commission)
Additional works to be announced
Now, the two embark on their first large-scale collaboration after working together for more than a decade.
This new work, co-commissioned by UMS, is inspired by the magical realism of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges’s 1939 short story, “The Library of Babel.” In this enigmatic narrative, Borges conjures a captivating and perplexing universe where the notion of infinity collides with the fragility of human understanding. Randomly arranged books, each containing exactly 410 pages, fill the Library of Babel’s infinite expanse of interlocking hexagonal rooms, encompassing all knowledge that currently exists or may exist in the future while paradoxically offering no true enlightenment. Shaw and Kahane invite audiences to contemplate the joy, grief, wonder, and bewilderment that spring from a life oversaturated in information.
PROGRAM
Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane The Library of Babel (UMS Co-Commission)
Additional works to be announced
Cost
- Individual event tickets on sale Aug 1
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