Watermill Center's Open Studios, Rehearsals, Brunch

A weekend of open studios and rehearsals by resident artists, a guided tour of the facility, and the second installment of its spring International Brunch series

May. 19, 2016

Mark Segal

The Watermill Center is shedding the relatively low profile it has maintained for the past few weeks with a weekend of open studios and rehearsals by resident artists, a guided tour of the facility, and the second installment of its spring International Brunch series.

Joss Lake, a novelist interested in expanding the form by destabilizing gender, time, and the boundaries between the self and other, will read from his novel-in-progress and discuss the ideas behind and sources of his writing tomorrow from 6 to 7 p.m.

Hans-Jörn Brandenburg, a German musician and composer and frequent collaborator of Robert Wilson, the center’s founder and artistic director, will present his theatrical work “pian-O-pera” in an open rehearsal from 7:30 to 8:30 tomorrow evening. Mr. Brandenburg’s research centers on musical restrictions that create and control movements and spatial arrangements.

Netta Yerushalmy, a dancer and choreographer who has worked in New York City since 2000, will present an open rehearsal on Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. of “Paramodernities,” a series of dance experiments that deconstruct modern dance choreographies, performed along with the contributions of writers, philosophers, and historians who situated these works within the larger project of modernity.

Armando Mariño, a visual artist from Cuba, will open his studio on Sunday afternoon at 3. During his residency, he has continued to develop “Sweet Dreams,” an installation of 20 to 25 hand-painted mattresses, each of which contains a realistic portrait of a notable 20th-century political figure, among them Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Stalin, Qaddafi, and others.

A tour of the center’s building, grounds, gardens, and collection, which consists of more than 8,000 pieces collected by Mr. Wilson over the past 50 years, will be offered at 1 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday at noon, Eva Schmidt, the center’s chef, will prepare a brunch inspired by the food culture of the East End.

All programs and events are free, but reservations are required. .