“When spoken language fails, music emerges as a possibility to bridge seemingly insurmountable gaps. At this moment, I think that potential is worth every conceivable effort to pursue.”
In a joint residency at The Watermill Center and The American Academy in Berlin, Kate Eberstadt will form a children’s choir in an emergency refugee camp. Alongside Watermill alum and current camp volunteer Sophie Beck, Eberstadt will assemble the group and create an original choral composition, which will premiere in downtown Berlin this April. In addition to the final performance, their work will be professionally recorded and documented in collaboration with sound engineer Thorsten Hoppe and filmmaker Brune Charvin.
Kate Eberstadt is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature at Columbia University.