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'''Jim Clayburgh''' (b. 1949, New York City, NY) is a theatre designer. He was a founding member of [[The Wooster Group]] and served as the group's resident designer from 1975 to 1994. He is now living in Brussels where he founded the company JOJI INC with choreographer Johanne Saunier, and continues to design for theatre, film, dance and opera.
'''Jim (James) Clayburgh''' (b. 1949, New York City, NY) is a scenic designer. He was a founding member of [[The Wooster Group]] and served as the group's resident designer from 1975 to 1994. He lives in Brussels, Belgium, where he founded the company JOJI INC with choreographer and dancer [[Johanne Saunier]], and continues to design for theatre, film, dance and opera.


== Personal life ==
== Life and career ==
Jim Clayburgh is the brother of actress [[Jill Clayburgh]] (1944–2010).

He was part of the design team for the interior renovations of two major concert halls in Brussels: [[Flagey Building|La Maison de la Radio]] at Flagey, Ixelles, and [https://www.bozar.be/en Le Palais des Beaux Arts] in the centre.

Clayburgh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Claremont McKenna College]], majoring in design at [[Pomona College]], and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Design from [[New York University School of the Arts|New York University School Of The Arts]]. In the USA he has taught at MIT, New York Tisch School of the Arts, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Michigan, Hollins University, Simons Rock College of Art. In Europe, he has taught at St Luc's and the International School of Brussels.

Clayburgh was a member of the jury at [[Prague Quadrennial|Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space]] in 2019, and was a key speaker at the 2015 edition.


== Awards and articles ==
== Awards and articles ==

=== Awards ===
OBIE award for Sustained Achievement (The Wooster Group) (1991).<ref>{{Cite web|title=91|url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/1990s/year-91/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Obie Awards|language=en-US}}</ref>

OBIE award for Sustained Achievement In Design (1982).<ref>{{Cite web|title=82|url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/1980s/year-82/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Obie Awards|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Articles ===
"A Space For Oedipus" – profile in Theatre Design & Technology, by Arnold Aronson (1978).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Aronson|first=Arnold|date=1978|title=A Space For Oedipus|url=|journal=Theatre Design & Technology|volume=14 #2|pages=26–31|via=}}</ref>

"Plywood and electronics" – profile in Theatre Crafts, by Tish Dace (1984).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dace|first=Tish|date=1984|title=Plywood and electronics: Designer Jim Clayburgh of the Wooster Group|url=|journal=Theatre Crafts|volume=18 #2|pages=25–28, 54–55|via=}}</ref>


== Design work ==
== Design work ==
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=== [[The Wooster Group]] (1975–1994) ===
=== [[The Wooster Group]] (1975–1994) ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Production
!Production
!Year
!Year(s)
!Role
!Role
!Tour
|-
|-
|Sakonnet Point
|''Sakonnet Point''
|1975
|1975
|Set and lighting design
|Set and lighting design
|
|-
|-
|Rumstick Road
|''Rumstick Road''
|1979
|1979
|Set and lighting design
|Set and lighting design
|
|-
|-
|Point Judith
|''Point Judith''
|1980
|1980
|Set and lighting design
|Set and lighting design
|
|-
|-
|3 Places in Rhode Island
|''3 Places in Rhode Island''
|1981
|1981
|Set and lighting design
|Set and lighting design
|
|-
|-
|Routes 1&9
|''Routes 1&9''
|1981–85
|
|Set and lighting design
|
|
|-
|-
|''North Atlantic''
|
|1984–1986
|
|Set and lighting design
|
|
|-
|-
|''L.S.D. (...Just the High Points...)''
|
|1986–1990
|
|Set and lighting design
|
|
|-
|''Frank Dell's The Temptation of St Anthony''
|1988–1990
|Set and lighting design
|-
|''BRACE UP!''
|1990–1994
|Set design
|-
|''Fish Story''
|1992–1996
|Set design
|-
|''Emperor Jones''
|1993–1996
|Set design
|-
|''The Hairy Ape''
|1994
|Set design
|}
|}


=== Scenic design (other) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Production
!Director
!Year
!Producer
|-
|''Marie and Bruce''
|[[Wilford Leach]]
|1979
|[[New York Shakespeare Festival|NY Shakespeare Festival]]
|-
|''Mary Stewart''
|[[Des McAnuff]]
|1981
|[[The Public Theater|The Public Theatre]]
|-
|''My Sister In This House''
|[[Inverna Lockpez|Iverna Lockpez]]
|1981
|[[Second Stage Theater|Second Stage]]
|-
|''The Confessions of a Dopefiend''
|Matthew Maguire
|1982
|Creation Company
|-
|''Necessary Ends''
|Jim Milton
|1983
|NY Shakespeare Festival
|-
|''Something Different''
|[[Michael Kahn (theatre director)|Michael Kahn]]
|1983
|Second Stage
|-
|''Miss Universal Happiness''
|[[Richard Foreman]]
|1985
|[[Ontological-Hysteric Theater|Ontological-Hysteric Theatre]]
|-
|''North Atlantic (remix)''
|[[Elizabeth LeCompte]]
|2001
|The Wooster Group
|-
|''BRACE UP! (2003)''
|Elizabeth LeCompte
|2003
|The Wooster Group
|-
|''In The Wind Of Time''
|Isabella Soupart
|2005
|Kunstenfestival des arts
|-
|''KOD''
|Isabella Soupart
|2007
|Kunstenfestival des arts
|}

=== Lighting design (dance) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Production
!Director/Choreographer
!Year
!Producer
|-
|''Erts''
|[[Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker|Anne-Terese de Keersmaeker]]
|1993
|[[Rosas Company|Rosas]]
|-
|''Philoctetes Variations''
|Jan Ritsema
|1994
|Kaaitheater
|-
|''Solo''
|Michèle Anne de Mey
|1995
|Company M.A. de Mey
|-
|''Cahiers''
|Michèle Anne de Mey
|1996
|Company M.A. de Mey
|-
|''De l'air et du vent''
|[[Pierre Droulers]]
|1996
|Company P. Droulers
|-
|''Petites formes''
|Pierre Droulers
|1997
|Company P. Droulers
|-
|''Katamenia''
|Michèle Anne de Mey
|1997
|Company M.A. de Mey
|-
|''Sans les voix des maîtres''
|Johanne Saunier
|1997
|JOJI INC
|-
|''Charms''
|Judith Vindevogel
|1997
|Walpurgis
|-
|''Jewish Songs''
|[[Douglas Becker]]
|1997
|Conservatoire de Paris
|-
|''Multum in Parvo''
|Pierre Droulers
|1998
|Company P. Droulers
|-
|''Soon''
|[[Hal Hartley]]
|1998
|Salzburg Theatre Festival
|-
|''The Day of Heaven and Hell''
|[[Wim Vandekeybus]]
|1998
|Royal Flemish Theatre
|-
|''Choree''
|Renaud de Putters
|2000
|Bureau des pianos
|-
|''Ma''
|Pierre Droulers
|2000
|Company P. Droulers
|-
|''Mo-ten-tion''
|Istok Kovacs
|2001
|En Knap
|-
|''Rappresentazione di Anima et di Corpo''
|Pierre Droulers
|2002
|[[La Monnaie]]
|-
|''Apparitions''
|Renard de Putters
|2003
|Bureau des pianos
|-
|''Each To His Own''
|Douglas Becker
|2003
|Ballet de Genève
|-
|''Inoui''
|Pierre Droulers
|2004
|Company P. Droulers
|}

=== Scenic & lighting design (other) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Production
!Director / Choreographer
!Year
!Producer
|-
|Nightcoil
|Matthew Maguire
|1989
|Creation Company
|-
|Goose and Tom-Tom
|[[David Rabe]]
|1986–90
|NY Shakespeare Festival
|-
|Seventy Scenes of Halloween
|Matthew Maguire
|1992
|Creation Company
|-
|An Evening of Music and Video
|Kit Fitzgerald
|1994
|[[On the Boards|On The Boards]], Seattle
|-
|Adventures
|P. Droulers / J. Clayburgh
|1999
|La Monnaie
|-
|Landscape
|Johanne Saunier
|2001
|JOJI INC
|-
|Salto
|JOJI INC
|2001
|Bureau des arts
|-
|It's Like
|Johanne Saunier
|2002
|JOJI INC
|-
|Cara Lucia
|Sharon Fogarty
|2003/2007
|[[Mabou Mines]]
|-
|It's Like (installation)
|Johanne Saunier
|2004
|JOJI INC
|-
|Erase-E(x) parts 1–6
|Johanne Saunier / various
|2004–2007
|JOJI INC
|-
|Mozart Choreographies
|Salva Sanchez et. al.
|2007
|[[Mozarteum University Salzburg|Mozarteum]], Salzburg
|-
|Lolita, an opera
|Jim Clayburgh
|2008
|GMEM Marseille
|}


==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 16:23, 1 October 2020

Jim (James) Clayburgh (b. 1949, New York City, NY) is a scenic designer. He was a founding member of The Wooster Group and served as the group's resident designer from 1975 to 1994. He lives in Brussels, Belgium, where he founded the company JOJI INC with choreographer and dancer Johanne Saunier, and continues to design for theatre, film, dance and opera.

Life and career

Jim Clayburgh is the brother of actress Jill Clayburgh (1944–2010).

He was part of the design team for the interior renovations of two major concert halls in Brussels: La Maison de la Radio at Flagey, Ixelles, and Le Palais des Beaux Arts in the centre.

Clayburgh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College, majoring in design at Pomona College, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Design from New York University School Of The Arts. In the USA he has taught at MIT, New York Tisch School of the Arts, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Michigan, Hollins University, Simons Rock College of Art. In Europe, he has taught at St Luc's and the International School of Brussels.

Clayburgh was a member of the jury at Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in 2019, and was a key speaker at the 2015 edition.

Awards and articles

Awards

OBIE award for Sustained Achievement (The Wooster Group) (1991).[1]

OBIE award for Sustained Achievement In Design (1982).[2]

Articles

"A Space For Oedipus" – profile in Theatre Design & Technology, by Arnold Aronson (1978).[3]

"Plywood and electronics" – profile in Theatre Crafts, by Tish Dace (1984).[4]

Design work

The Performance Group (1972–1980)

Production Director Year Role
The Tooth of Crime Richard Schechner 1973 Lighting design
The Tooth of Crime Richard Schechner 1974 Set and lighting design
A Wing and a Prayer Ellen LeCompte 1975 Lighting design
Thirty Years War Richard Schechner 1975 Set and lighting design
Mother Courage and Her Children Richard Schechner 1975 Set and lighting design
Taxi-Boy Rescued from the Path Stephen Borst 1976 Set and lighting design
The Marilyn Project Richard Schechner 1976 Set and lighting design
Oedipus Richard Schechner 1977 Set and lighting design
Cops Richard Schechner 1978 Set and lighting design

The Wooster Group (1975–1994)

Production Year(s) Role
Sakonnet Point 1975 Set and lighting design
Rumstick Road 1979 Set and lighting design
Point Judith 1980 Set and lighting design
3 Places in Rhode Island 1981 Set and lighting design
Routes 1&9 1981–85 Set and lighting design
North Atlantic 1984–1986 Set and lighting design
L.S.D. (...Just the High Points...) 1986–1990 Set and lighting design
Frank Dell's The Temptation of St Anthony 1988–1990 Set and lighting design
BRACE UP! 1990–1994 Set design
Fish Story 1992–1996 Set design
Emperor Jones 1993–1996 Set design
The Hairy Ape 1994 Set design

Scenic design (other)

Production Director Year Producer
Marie and Bruce Wilford Leach 1979 NY Shakespeare Festival
Mary Stewart Des McAnuff 1981 The Public Theatre
My Sister In This House Iverna Lockpez 1981 Second Stage
The Confessions of a Dopefiend Matthew Maguire 1982 Creation Company
Necessary Ends Jim Milton 1983 NY Shakespeare Festival
Something Different Michael Kahn 1983 Second Stage
Miss Universal Happiness Richard Foreman 1985 Ontological-Hysteric Theatre
North Atlantic (remix) Elizabeth LeCompte 2001 The Wooster Group
BRACE UP! (2003) Elizabeth LeCompte 2003 The Wooster Group
In The Wind Of Time Isabella Soupart 2005 Kunstenfestival des arts
KOD Isabella Soupart 2007 Kunstenfestival des arts

Lighting design (dance)

Production Director/Choreographer Year Producer
Erts Anne-Terese de Keersmaeker 1993 Rosas
Philoctetes Variations Jan Ritsema 1994 Kaaitheater
Solo Michèle Anne de Mey 1995 Company M.A. de Mey
Cahiers Michèle Anne de Mey 1996 Company M.A. de Mey
De l'air et du vent Pierre Droulers 1996 Company P. Droulers
Petites formes Pierre Droulers 1997 Company P. Droulers
Katamenia Michèle Anne de Mey 1997 Company M.A. de Mey
Sans les voix des maîtres Johanne Saunier 1997 JOJI INC
Charms Judith Vindevogel 1997 Walpurgis
Jewish Songs Douglas Becker 1997 Conservatoire de Paris
Multum in Parvo Pierre Droulers 1998 Company P. Droulers
Soon Hal Hartley 1998 Salzburg Theatre Festival
The Day of Heaven and Hell Wim Vandekeybus 1998 Royal Flemish Theatre
Choree Renaud de Putters 2000 Bureau des pianos
Ma Pierre Droulers 2000 Company P. Droulers
Mo-ten-tion Istok Kovacs 2001 En Knap
Rappresentazione di Anima et di Corpo Pierre Droulers 2002 La Monnaie
Apparitions Renard de Putters 2003 Bureau des pianos
Each To His Own Douglas Becker 2003 Ballet de Genève
Inoui Pierre Droulers 2004 Company P. Droulers

Scenic & lighting design (other)

Production Director / Choreographer Year Producer
Nightcoil Matthew Maguire 1989 Creation Company
Goose and Tom-Tom David Rabe 1986–90 NY Shakespeare Festival
Seventy Scenes of Halloween Matthew Maguire 1992 Creation Company
An Evening of Music and Video Kit Fitzgerald 1994 On The Boards, Seattle
Adventures P. Droulers / J. Clayburgh 1999 La Monnaie
Landscape Johanne Saunier 2001 JOJI INC
Salto JOJI INC 2001 Bureau des arts
It's Like Johanne Saunier 2002 JOJI INC
Cara Lucia Sharon Fogarty 2003/2007 Mabou Mines
It's Like (installation) Johanne Saunier 2004 JOJI INC
Erase-E(x) parts 1–6 Johanne Saunier / various 2004–2007 JOJI INC
Mozart Choreographies Salva Sanchez et. al. 2007 Mozarteum, Salzburg
Lolita, an opera Jim Clayburgh 2008 GMEM Marseille

External links

References

  1. ^ "91". Obie Awards. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ "82". Obie Awards. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ Aronson, Arnold (1978). "A Space For Oedipus". Theatre Design & Technology. 14 #2: 26–31.
  4. ^ Dace, Tish (1984). "Plywood and electronics: Designer Jim Clayburgh of the Wooster Group". Theatre Crafts. 18 #2: 25–28, 54–55.
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