Mark Rothko (1903-1970)

Morton Feldman (1926-1987)

"What does one say about Rothko? Mondrian and Guston give us at least a dilemma. This attracts us, gives us something to hang on to, if nothing else. But we cannot climb those big smooth Rothko surfaces...Rothko is closer to life, yet seems to be without the dilemma of life."

Morton Feldman, After Modernism, 1967 in: Give My Regards to Eighth Street p. 77

Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel, 1971

University of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus

soloist: Deborah Dietrich, dir. Philip Brett

recorded 1990

New Albion Records, 1991
http://www.newalbion.com

Cover image: courtesy New Albion

detaillierte Feldman Page von Chris Villars:
www.cnvill.net

Literatur:

Give My Regards to Eighth Street. Collected Writings of Morton Feldman, ed. by B.H.Friedman, Exact Change: Cambridge 2000
www.exactchange.com

Ausstellungen:

1970 Ausstellung NY

2008 Tate Modern, London
www.tate.org.uk

"To a large degree, my choice of instruments (in terms of forces used, balance and timbre) was affected by the space of the chapel as well as the paintings."

Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel, 1976 in: Give My Regards to Eighth Street p. 125

"Rothko's imagery goes right to the edge of his canvas, and I wanted the same effect with the music - that it should permeate the whole octagonal-shaped room and not be heard from a certain distance."

Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel, 1976 in: Give My Regards to Eighth Street p. 125