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Art This Week-Celebrating Walter de Maria-Dallas Museum of Art-Arts & Letters Live

On January 18, 2017, Art This Week filmed this lively evening of music and discussions on art at the Dallas Museum of Art, an Arts & Letters Live event.
The evening included musical performances by percussionist, Stockton Helbing, and discussions on art by Geoff Dyer, author of White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World, and Gavin Delahunty, Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art.
The panel coincided with the exhibition, Walter De Maria: Counterpoint on view at the museum from October 19, 2016 to January 22, 2017.
Part 1-Introduction


In Part 1 of this series of videos, Carolyn Bess, Director of Arts & Letters Live introduces the event, and introduces Stockton Helbing, percussionist, who will perform Walter de Maria’s Cricket Music.

Part 2-Performance-Cricket Music

In Part 2 of this series of videos, Stockton Helbing, percussionist, performs Walter de Maria’s Cricket Music.

Part 3-Gavin Delahunty Presentation

In Part 3 of this series of videos, Gavin Delahunty, the Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, discusses the work of Walter de Maria.

Part 4-Geoff Dyer Presentation

In Part 4 of this series of videos, Geoff Dyer, author of White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World, discusses his experiences visiting sites around the world, his pilgrimage to Walter de Maria’s Lightning Field and the power of art.

Part 5-Performance-Excerpt from Ocean Music

In Part 5 of this series of videos, Stockton Helbing, percussionist, performs an excerpt from Walter de Maria’s Cricket Music. This video also contains a portion of the question and answer video where Stockton discusses how he worked to recreate both Cricket Music and Ocean Music

Part 6-Conversation and Questions

In Part 6 of this series of videos, Geoff Dyer and Gavin Delahunty discuss the work of Walter de Maria. After the discussion, they take questions from the audience.

A very big thank you to the Dallas Museum of Art and Arts & Letters Live for allowing us to film this event.

Dallas Museum of Art
Arts & Letters Live
1717 N Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201

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