Activities/projects/workshops MFA Scenography 2008-2013

2008 - 2010

• MFA IME and MFA Scenography: 'Ars Electronica', Linz festival (Austria)
• MFA Scenography: visit to the ‘De Ziel van de Ontwerper’ ('The Soul of the Designer') Scenography Symposium in Amsterdam
• MFA IME and MFA Scenography: 'OFFucina' festival in Spoleto (Italy)
• MFA Scenography: Glasgow, 'Spectacular' show by British theatre company Forced Entertainment
• MFA IME and MFA Scenography: ‘Interactive Art Music and Performances’ at De CAST Cultuurcafé in Groningen
• MFA IME and MFA Scenography: Technological Singularity#2 group exhibition, Planetart Medialab Artspace in Amsterdam
• MFA Scenography workshop: ‘Dramaturgy and Scenography’ in Kortrijk (Belgium)
• MFA Scenography at the Oerol Festival on Terschelling.

Fall semester 2010-2011

• September 24, 2010: Work on location with Leo de Nijs – one-minute-film-project in church in Oostum
• October 17, 2010: Visit Louise Bourgeois in the Gemeente Museum The Hague
• October 23 & 24, 2010: OISTAT Meeting in Amsterdam (participation workshops and attending international presentations)
• November 2, 2010: Workshop Kate McIntosh, combined with two of her performances in the Grand Theatre Groningen
• November 1, 2010: visit Theatre Institute Netherlands (TIN), guided tour and assignments in connection with research questions
• November 7, 2010: Lecture by Robert Wilson on the occasion of the granting of the ‘Nicolaas Wijnberg Price’.
• November 24, 2010: Evaluation meeting with decor designer André Joosten in connection with the performance ‘Alice in Wonderland’ of NNT
• December 2010: Evaluation meeting with director Gerardjan Rijnders in connection with performance ‘Amazones’ of the RoTheater
• December 6, 2010: Guest tutor Esther Darley (art historian)
• December 17, 2010: Trip by bicycle from Warffum to the shallows of Noordpolderzijl in collaboration with Leo de Nijs, Geurt Busser and Joop Witteman
• January 13 - February 12, 2011: 'FMI Masters presents'; group exhibition by 2nd-year students FMI Masters at DeFKa Campis, Assen
• January 17 & 18, 2011: Light Workshop by Henk Danner (tutor UVA and light designer for dance company EG | PC)
• January 20, 2011: Evaluation meeting with light designer Henk Danner in connection with performance ‘Paradiso’ of dance company EG | PC
• January 11,14 & February 15,18 - 2011: Presentation Workshop by Mechtild Prins for all students FMI Masters

Spring semester 2010-2011

• Workshop by Sjoerd Wagenaar in connection with performance ‘Donker’ – presented on April 20, 2011. Sjoerd Wagenaar is artistic leader of the ‘Peergroup’, an interesting and pig-headed company residing in ‘the white hangar’ in Veenhuizen.
• Guest tutor: Sanne Peper, (theatre) photographer
• June 2011: Excursion to Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in Prague (Czech Republic)
• July 2011: MFA Painting, MFA IME and MFA Scenography: ‘Final Presentation Frank Mohr 2011’, group exhibition at Studio Building in Groningen

  Fall semester 2011-2012

•  MFA IME and MFA Scenography: Lecture & visit to performance ‘Duetten’ by Marloeke van der Vlugt, Utrecht
• MFA Painting, MFA IME and MFA Scenography : Excursion exhibition 'Robert Smithson - Broken Circle/Spiral Hill Revisited' at CBK Emmen
• MFA IME and MFA Scenography: workshop Hotel Modern, Grand Theatre Groningen

Spring semester 2011-2012

• March 10, 2012: MFA Scenography, MFA IME and MFA Paiting: group exhibition Open Day FMI Masters
• March 14, 2012: Workshop of  Henk Danner. Henk Danner is light designer and tutor at the University of Amsterdam faculty Theatre science Going to the
• March 23, 2012: Excursion to Museum De Pont, Tilburg (Exhibitions of Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor)
• April 27, 2012: MFA Scenography, MFA IME and MFA Painting: Excursion to Unna (Germany). In Unna is the Zentrum für internationale Lichtkunst Unna – among others for the work of James Turrell.
• May 21 – May 25, 2012: Project of semester tutor Sjoerd Wagenaar – A week at the terrain of the Peergroup
• July 7-12, 2012: ‘PRECIOUS CARGO’, Final Graduation Show 2012 FMI Masters at NP3.tmp Groningen

Round table discussions Spring semester
There will be several makers invited to talk about their work with the students after the students have seen the performances:

• March 5, 2012: Roos van Geffen – theatre maker, scenographer > round table about her performance ‘Vangst’
• April 16, 2012: Marc Warning – scenographer > presentation of his set design of ‘Rain Man’ by De Utrechtse Spelen
• April 19, 2012: Thomas Crombez – theatre scholar > this round table deals with the work of Romeo Castellucci, especially about his use of the space and the performance ‘On the Concept of the Face, regarding the Son of God’
• May 8, 2012: Theun Mosk – scenographer > presentation of his set design ‘Flow My Tears’ by De Veenfabriek in coproduction with Wunderbaum, and he will tell about his experiences at the Watermill Centre and his cooperation with Robert Wilson, as a preparation to Wilson’s performance ‘The Life and Death’ of Marina Abramovic
• April 23, 2012: Giny Vos – light artist

Compulsory performances Spring semester
Going to eight theatre performances, chosen by students and tutors (a selection):

• Chassé, Breda (Societas Raffaello Sanzio / Romeo Castellucci: ‘On the Concept of the Face, regarding the Son of God’)
• Stadsschouwburg, Groningen (Toneelgroep Amsterdam: ‘In ongenade’)
• Grand Theatre, Groningen (Hotel Modern: ‘Vliegboot Moederschip’)
• Toneelschuur, Haarlem (Emio Greco PC: ‘La Commedia’)
• Corrosia, Almere (Roos van Geffen: ‘Vangst’)
• Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht (De Utrechtse Spelen: ‘ Rain Man’)
• Stadsschouwburg, Groningen (Coproduction Veenfabriek and Wunderbaum: ‘Flow My Tears’)
• Holland Festival, Amsterdam  (Robert Wilson:’The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic’,Anish Kapoor - Décor design ‘Parsival’)

Fall semester 2012-2013

• MFA Scenography, MFA IME and MFA Painting: Excursion trip to Documenta Kassel (Germany) during the introduction week of the academic year 2012-2013
• MFA Scenography, MFA IME and MFA Painting: Presentation Workshop by Mechtild Prins
• MFA Scenography and MFA IME: Project ‘CREW Immersive Media’, in collaboration with CREW and Sign
• MFA Scenography, MFA IME and MFA Painting: Excursion trip for 2nd-year students to New York, USA

Round table discussions Spring semester:
There will be several makers invited to talk about their work with you after you have seen the performances:

• Mirjam Grote Ganseij en Stijn van Bruggen· Festival a/d Werf
• Theun Mosk – set designer Spiegel / Sunken Garden – Michel van der A
• Wunderbaum