David Nadal Presents: VOOM Zoo 14th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit (WVVH-TV Hamptons Television®) Following the spectacular Grand Opening of the Watermill Center last summer, the 14th annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit celebrated the first year of successful artists' residency programs at the center. The event took place on Saturday, July 28, 2007. The evening's theme VOOM Zoo pays homage to Robert Wilson's recent series of video portraits of animals and provides the event's dress code, wild chic. The benefit featured exciting performances and art installations inside the Watermill Center and on its extensive grounds. The New York Times describes Robert Wilson as "a towering figure in the world of experimental theater." His works integrate a wide variety of artistic media, combining movement, dance, painting, lighting, furniture design, sculpture, music and text into a unified whole. A native of Waco, Texas, Wilson was educated at the University of Texas and Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. By the late 1960s he was acknowledged as one of the leading figures in Manhattan's avant-garde theater and has since developed an international reputation as a world-class director and designer. Throughout the world Wilson has staged both original works and productions from the traditional theater repertoire. His non-theatrical art works have been shown in museums and galleries internationally. In addition, his talents as an exhibition designer have graced numerous international venues including the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery in Berlin, the Vitra Design Museum, and the Barbican Centre. Each summer Wilson develops new work at the Watermill Center in eastern Long Island -- a theater laboratory which brings together students and experienced professionals in a multi-disciplinary environment dedicated to creative collaboration. The Watermill Center is located on a wooded six-acre site in the Hamptons, Long Island, two hours from New York City. Robert Wilson has designed and developed the facility at Watermill gradually since he acquired the property in 1992. Many aspects of the master plan were realized in collaboration with participants of the Summer Program. Both the building and the landscaped Watermill Center grounds are characterized by the careful arrangement and integration of natural and man-made components. These features bear the imprint of Robert Wilson's aesthetic ideals and shape the atmosphere of the site. For more information on the Watermill Center contact: www.watermillcenter.org Copyright WVVH-TV Hamptons Television® 2007 all rights reserved
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