Guest Lecturers
Richard Rutkowski
Cinematographer
Jacques Reynaud
Costume Designer
Otto Piene
Artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art
Jay McInerney
American Novelist
Douglas Dawson
Specializes in nonwestern ethnographic art
Dr. Antonio Damasio
Neuroscientist
Dr. Christian Christiansen
Artists In Residence

Abdulla Alawadi
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Loc Dong
Andrey Bartenev
Charles Chemin
Chen Chih-Chieh

Sarawut Chutiwongpeti
Rebecca Delange
Huang Hsin-Yu
Jia Jen Lin
Yochai Matos
Sofia Medici

Vincent Morelle
Marie-Eve Nadeau
Janosch Parker
Monira al Qadiri
Carlos Soto
Al Stark

Sama Wasmi
Tzeng Yi-Hsin
Kuo Chao Yin
Cherif Zaouali

Performing Arts Workshops

Insights into Consciousness
A three-year, ongoing workshop bringing together high profile scientists and artists to investigate the nature of creativity, and of the role it plays on our consciousness.  This workshop is generously supported by the Mortimer D. Sackler Family Foundation.

Invisible Waters
A developmental workshop working with the Michael Otto Stiftung along with artists and environmentalists to investigate how creativity can help communicate issues surrounding water conservation.

Guggenheim Museum / Works & Process, Spring 2011
Robert Wilson curates young choreographers/ directors to create a 60-minute piece showcasing Watermill alumni

Mary Said What She Said by Darryl Pinckney
A developmental workshop, with Charlotte Rampling, of a new theater piece based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots set to premier at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and Melbourne Festival in Australia.

Odyssey
Robert Wilson develops the concept for a theatrical piece based on Homer’s Odyssey to premiere in October 2012 at The National Theater in Athens.

Soundings
A conceptual sound design workshop for the second project on the Dutch island of Terschelling for the Oerol Festival.

My New Friend Su, The Moon’s Other Side
Development of a theatrical piece that explores the potential symbiosis between humans and robot machines. Robert Wilson collaborates with staff and students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies. See video below made at MIT about the technology and artistic collaboration with Robert Wilson at Watermill:

Zero Foundation
A participant workshop on the influence of the Zero Foundation, a unique artist group founded in the 60s and 70s, on subsequent generations.

Watermill at The Bridge
A site-specific performance created by Watermill Artists at The Bridge Golf Club in Bridgehampton.

Design Projects

Outdoor Sculpture Project
A design competition to create a concept for a sculpture garden where the pieces are both art and exercise equipment.

Mind the Gap
Robert Wilson develops a design for an exhibition on the human brain to open in April 2011 at the Norsk Teknisk Museum in Oslo.

Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei
A workshop to develop the design for a theatrical exhibition of pieces from the Watermill Collection.