dominique gonzalez-foerster m.2062

DOMINIQUE GONZALEZ-FOERSTER
M.2062
DOMINIQUE GONZALEZ-FOERSTER
LOLA MONTEZ IN BERLIN, 2014
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s presentation of Lola Montez in Berlin continues her
ongoing project M. 2062, begun at the 2012 Memory Marathon at the Serpentine
Gallery, London.
M.2062 is a prospective and fragmented opera, in which two groups of characters
from the 19th and 20th century discuss the possibility of an opera in the 21st century.
Characters who have appeared so far are Ludwig II (via the eponymous film by Luchino
Visconti), The Boy With Green Hair (a pacifist film by Joseph Losey), Scarlett (based on
the fictional Scarlett O’Hara, played by Vivien Leigh in the film Gone with the Wind), and
Edgar Allan Poe (an author whose works deliberately blurred the distinctions between
fantasy, fiction and alleged reportage).
The figure of Lola Montez similarly addresses the creation of a composite biography
from fact and fiction, in literature and cinema. Lola Montez has re-invented herself
through stage and a fictional biography. Max Ophüls film explores this dimension of
self-narration inside a circus structure. Lola’s apparition is a multi-layered moment with
the exceptional participation of Ari Benjamin Meyers as the ring master and Gabriel
Loebell Herberstein as the clown.
Apparitions:
M.2062 (Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster) (Serpentine Gallery, London October 13, 2012)
M.2062 (Ludwig) (Stedelijk Museum, June 17, 2013)
M.2062 (The Boy with Green Hair) (Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, June 21, 2013)
M.2062 (Scarlett) (Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, September 6, 2013)
M.2062 (Edgar Allan Poe) (Palais de Tokyo, December 4, 2013)
Further additions to M.2062 will be presented at the 10th Gwangju Biennale, Korea and
the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris in autumn 2014.
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CREDITS
LOLA MONTEZ IN BERLIN, 2014
with
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Ari Benjamin Meyers
Gabriel Loebell Herberstein
and the children of Circus Cabuwazi
Alma Moana Streich
Flumela Dru
Havin Rieck
Maya Janeva Weis
Nova Fiedler
Nyima Sattu Kanteh
Selma Marta Jean-Louis
Yul Toletti
production
Anja Lindner
Constance Chambers Farah
costumes
Clémence de Solages
Margaretha Heller
hair & make-up
Andreas Bernhardt
director of photography
Itai Vinograd
2nd camera
Thomas Rotsching
light
Marieke Ferger
sound
Marcel Schellhorn
Oscar Stiebitz
Emre Türker
Co-produced by Esther Schipper, Berlin and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Special thanks to Kaspar Denker, Antonia Smialek and Sandy Rambaud from Circus Cabuwazi, Berlin
Very special thanks to Lola Montez, Max Ophüls and Martine Carol
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Lola Montez in Berlin, 2014
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Lola Montez in Berlin, 2014
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Lola Montez in Berlin, 2014
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M.2062 (EDGAR ALLAN POE), 2013
EAP (M.2062), 2014
print on blue back paper
89,5 x 62,2 cm
Edition of 3, with 2 APs
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M.2062 (Edgar Allan Poe) (Palais de Tokyo, December 4, 2013)
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M.2062 (SCARLETT), 2013
M.2062 (Scarlett) (Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, September 6, 2013)
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M.2062 (Scarlett) (Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, September 6, 2013)
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Scarlett (M.2062), 2014
print on blue back paper
90.5 x 60.3 cm
Edition of 3, with 2 APs
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M.2062 (THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR), 2013
M.2062 (The Boy with Green Hair) (Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin, June 21, 2013)
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M.2062 (The Boy with Green Hair) (Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin, June 21, 2013)
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M.2062 (LUDWIG), 2013
M.2062 (Ludwig) (Stedelijk Museum, June 17, 2013)
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M.2062 (Ludwig) (Stedelijk Museum, June 17, 2013)
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M.2062 (DGF), 2012
M.2062 (Dgf) (Serpentine Gallery, London October 13, 2012)
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