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“Experimentation is to ask what is it? This question shall remain throughout the life of an artist. It is the reason we work as artists,” exclaimed the playwright and theater director Robert Wilson before the annual Watermill Center benefit (which he founded and is the Artistic Director of).
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Always a must-see/be-seen amongst artists, style daredevils and summer socials, this year’s wildly creative bash celebrated 100 years of the original building, which was once a Western Union, and is now a laboratory for the arts and humanities, creativity and of course – experimentation. After guests wandered the grounds snapping selfies with the over-the-top installations, exhibitions and performers, there was a seated dinner and live auction followed by a musical performance by Mykki Blanco + I.U.D. PETER DAVIS
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