Event Program
MICHAEL STIPE AND STACEY D'ERASMO, THE LONG RUN: A CREATIVE INQUIRY
MICHAEL STIPE AND STACEY D'ERASMO, THE LONG RUN: A CREATIVE INQUIRY
MON, OCT 07
DISCUSSION
Stacey D'Erasmo and Michael Stipe
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
Both Michael and Stacey will sign books following the discussion.
If you would like to stay for the book signing please remain in your seat for further information.
The Artists
Stacey D’Erasmo
Stacey D’Erasmo is the author of the novels Tea, A Seahorse Year, The Sky Below, Wonderland, and The Complicities, and the nonfiction book The Art of Intimacy. She is a professor of writing and publishing practices at Fordham University.
Stacey D’Erasmo is the author of the novels Tea, A Seahorse Year, The Sky Below, Wonderland, and The Complicities, and the nonfiction book The Art of Intimacy. She is a professor of writing and publishing practices at Fordham University.
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe is an artist, producer, and singer/songwriter. He fronted the band R.E.M. for 31 years, selling more than 100 million records and touring the world. As a film producer he made over 25 feature films, including Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, Jim McKay’s En El Séptimo Día, Chris Smith’s American Movie, and Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine. For the past decade his personal focus has been cross-medium work, incorporating video, soundscape, sculpture, and photographic and digital imagery. Recent photobooks include Volume 1 (with Jonathan Berger, 2018), Our Interference Times: A Visual Record (with Douglas Coupland, 2019), a third volume of portraits (2021), and the current Even the Birds Gave Pause (2023), all released through Damiani out of Bologna, Italy. His first institution show was at ICA Milan in December 2023. He is currently recording his first solo album to be released early next year. Stipe is an ardent traveler based in New York City and Berlin.
Michael Stipe is an artist, producer, and singer/songwriter. He fronted the band R.E.M. for 31 years, selling more than 100 million records and touring the world. As a film producer he made over 25 feature films, including Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, Jim McKay’s En El Séptimo Día, Chris Smith’s American Movie, and Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine. For the past decade his personal focus has been cross-medium work, incorporating video, soundscape, sculpture, and photographic and digital imagery. Recent photobooks include Volume 1 (with Jonathan Berger, 2018), Our Interference Times: A Visual Record (with Douglas Coupland, 2019), a third volume of portraits (2021), and the current Even the Birds Gave Pause (2023), all released through Damiani out of Bologna, Italy. His first institution show was at ICA Milan in December 2023. He is currently recording his first solo album to be released early next year. Stipe is an ardent traveler based in New York City and Berlin.
MORE INFORMATION
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Literary Assistant
Leigh Reid Literary Intern
Mia Testa Literary Intern
*in memoriam
