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Arvo Pärt X Arup: Memory & Light

Arvo Pärt X Arup
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15-23 September 2018

10am - 5:45pm daily, 10pm close on Friday
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge
London
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Estonian born, Arvo Pärt, is the most performed contemporary composer in the world, whose life and music represent a drive for freedom and invention against the odds.

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Memory & Light by Arvo Pärt and Arup
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This installation – a rare collaboration for Pärt – was specially conceived for the V&A’s Norfolk House Music Room and was inspired by Arvo Pärt’s famous words about his music: “I could compare my music to white light, which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.”

Curated by Clare Farrow with Eva Woode in collaboration with Arup’s design team, Arvo Pärt’s words will be brought to life in this multi-sensory installation, in the form of a transparent curved screen representing the prism dividing colours in Pärt’s description; a “viewing and listening bench”; and the music of Arvo Pärt himself, including “Spiegel im Spiegel” (Mirror in the Mirror) and “Für Alina”.

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