“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

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NiNi Dongnier: “it’s factual, so vast”

  • Most days between September 13 and October 4, usually 12 to 4 pm (check specific schedule), Movement Lab
  • This solo exhibition features performative moving images by choreographer and artist NiNi Dongnier, who is currently a visiting choreographer for the Barnard Dance Department. Her work features formally incisive choreographed film, performance documentary, situational action video, and web-based collaborative performance. 

Sounds as archives and monuments: French Banlieues

  • Tuesday, September 17, 6 to 7:30 pm, Buell Hall
  • Mame-Fatou Niang presents Néoblaste, a book created from a residency in Clichy-Montfermeil. The book presents sound tapestries and artworks created with displaced residents of La Forestière. She explores new ways of telling these stories, analyzing the potential of soundscapes as archives. 

The Elbereth Duo: Music of Bach & Couperin

  • Tuesday, September 17, 7 to 8 pm, St. Paul’s Chapel
  • The Elbereth Duo, Dongmyung Ahn (violin) and Yi-heng Yang (harpsichord), are joined by Caroline Nicolas (viola da gamba) to play two Bach sonatas and a Couperin work. 

The Voyager Golden Record Experience

  • Thursday, September 19, 7 to 9:30 pm, 511 Dodge Hall
  • The Department of Film at Columbia University School of the Arts invites you for an evening where art and science converge, centered around the Voyager Golden Record. This event brings together experts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, artists, and scholars to explore humanity’s cosmic narrative in three parts. 

Morningside Lights Procession: In Retrospect

  • Saturday, September 21, 8 pm, Morningside Park to Columbia’s main campus (procession)
  • Morningside Lights is an annual outdoor procession featuring community-built lanterns built by local volunteers. The event returns this year to illuminate the night with IN RETROSPECT: 100 Years of New York Art, a shared celebration of a century of the New York art and artists that have shaped our vision of the city, or inspired us to evolve, learn, and move forward.

LEGACIES: Films by the Next Generation

  • Saturday, September 21, and Sunday, September 22, various times, the Lenfest Center for the Arts
  • This is the finale of the LEGACIES series celebrating the history of Tibetan New Wave cinema. Three young Tibetan filmmakers—Tenzin Sedon, Jigme Trinley, and Tenzin Dazel—present their films and participate in discussions and a closing roundtable.

The Golden Record via Flickr