In addition to the official opening of the building, Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller curated the Center’s collection in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Ten projects in development were workshopped with the participants, spanning opera, public art projects, architectural interventions, and multi-media performance installations for realization across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

The annual benefit highlighted Wilson’s VOOM Portraits, with guest appearances by Dita von Teese, U-Theatre, Corey Archangel, William Pope L, Christopher Knowles, Makram Hamdan and CollaborationTown (two of the artist ensembles from the premiere season of the Center’s year-round residencies), as well as a live auction of a presentation piece created by Andrey Bartenev.

GUEST SPEAKERS
Wei Hai-Min
Ronald Rand
Richard Sennett
Dr. Daniel Stern
Roger Waters
Dr. James Watson

SEMINARS
Nixon Beltran
Emma Jaster
Laurent Le Bec
Emilio Martinez and Emmanuel Soulhat
Jerome Pinto
Max Schmindbauer
Andrea Serpa
Serge von Arx
AJ Weissbard

PERFORMING ARTS WORKSHOPS
Circassian Collaboration, Shinnecock Nation and Bridgehampton
Gounod’s Faust, Teatr Narodowny, Warsaw
Der Freischütz with Viktor and Rolf, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Jo Kondo project, Works & Process series, Guggenheim Museum
Monteverdi Cycle, La Scala, Milan
Orlando, Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center, Taipei Opera
Walking, Oerol, Netherlands

DESIGN PROJECTS
Dan Stern book design project
Monteverdi Cycle, La Scala, Milan
Prefab House
Walking, Oerol, Netherlands
Xounts

ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Corey Archangel
Andrei Bartenev
Laurent Berger
Tania Bruguera
Cao Fei
Vadim Fishkin
Olivia Glebbeek
Christopher Knowles
Matt Leines
U-Theatre of Taipei