Berkshire House Hosts A Musical And Sculptural Collaboration
"Immanence Embodied" featured a performance by Dutch pianist Joep Beving amid sculpture by Jonathan Prince.
Stephanie Manasseh, Berkshire House director of programming and partnerships, and composer/pianist Joep Beving
Established in 2020 by sculptor Jonathan Prince and curator Stephanie Manasseh, Berkshire House in Southfield, Massachusetts was created to be a creative haven for cultivating connections through art, technology, music and gastronomy. On Friday, Oct. 27, it did all that through the world premiere of “Immanence Embodied: Revealing the Soul of the Matter.” Invited guests took in not just Prince’s works but Dutch composer Joep Beving’s compositions inspired by Prince’s Flow State Series of sculptures. During the pandemic, Prince and Manasseh had been moved by Beving’s music. Guided by recordings of Beving's piano playing, Prince was able to enter into a mental space known as “flow state." The couple invited him to come to Berkshire House and collaborate with Prince. Now Beving reciprocated with piano compositions inspired by Prince’s sculptures. Prior to the program, guests gathered in the sculpture garden for drinks and bites, then enjoyed a post-performance reception with “gastronomic programming” provided by chefs Oliver Antunes and Doron Neumark.
Reception in the sculpture garden
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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