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PERFORMA 2009: Guido van der Werve

Originally aired on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Performa curator Defne Ayas speaks to Dutch artist Guido van der Werve about the parallels between chess, piano, and literature, as well as his chess piano — an elaborately constructed instrument of his own invention, which he played with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra at the Marshall Chess Club, a legendary spot once frequented by Marcel Duchamp and Bobby Fischer. Ayas invited Guido van der Werve to create a live performance for Performa09, following his film Nummer Twaalf, shot at the same club in 2008, featuring a chess game composed by Grandmaster Leonid Yudasin (25 minutes).

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