"Walsh says on his blog: "It seems that the budget has grown to over AUS$100 million. Much more than Mona." The day before the announcement a small select group that included 80-year-old Kiefer, Walsh and his wife, the artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele, gathered to officially open Elektra with a performance featuring dance artists Juliet Burnett and Cecilia Martin accompanied by a lineup that included bassist and composer Nick Tsiavos and vocalist Deborah Kayser."
"Based on a crudely constructed concrete amphitheatre at La Ribaute, Kiefer's studio-estate, near Barjac in Southern France, Elektra is seemingly more than simply a building extension to Walsh who credits a 2007 visit to La Ribaute, during Mona's construction, for what he describes as a "Damascene moment". Just as "Jesus overwhelmed St Paul at Damascus", Walsh and Kaechele were overwhelmed by "St Anselm" at La Ribaute, he writes."
Anselm Kiefer’s Elektra, a towering multilevel concrete amphitheatre, opened at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) on 19 December after a major extension. The expansion, primarily built to house Elektra, reportedly pushed the project budget to over AUS$100 million. A private inauguration included Kiefer, David Walsh, Kirsha Kaechele and performance artists Juliet Burnett, Cecilia Martin, Nick Tsiavos and Deborah Kayser. Elektra becomes Kiefer’s second permanent installation at Mona, joining Sternenfall/Shevirath ha Kelim (2007). The work draws on a crudely constructed amphitheatre at La Ribaute and catalysed a profound response in Walsh, who described the visit as a "Damascene moment" and reflected on feeling "over my head" while building Mona.
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