Best Experimental 2021 Winner

The Midnight’s Children Project

More than 30 years after its first publication, Salman Rushdie's epic novel, Midnight's Children resonates more than ever in a world of growing conflict, calling for articulate, creative story telling. Visual artist Alexander Klingspor and Violinist-Composer Ittai Shapira have started to integrate visual art and music in response to the book, exploring story telling through their respective disciplines. We believe that literature, visual art, and music can be effective tools for us to better understand one another in a world of growing conflict; And what better way than the magical realism of novelist Salman Rushdie, be it in a museum, classroom, or a concert hall.