Marjorie Chau

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Marjorie Chau (* 1979 in Santiago de Chile ) is a Chilean media artist , light artist , choreographer , costume designer , actress and performer based in Berlin.

Youth and education

Chau grew up in Santiago de Chile . She studied acting at the University of Arcis in Santiago del Chile and worked from 1998 to 2001 as an assistant to Carla Lobos, a Butoh choreographer. Since moving to Berlin, she has participated in several productions of Minako Seki , one of the main representatives of the butoh dance in Europe.

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Own company

In 2003 she founded the company Dulce Compania, a project between performance, dance and acrobatics; In 2008 and 2010 she won first and second prizes at the Berlin Carnival of Cultures . From 2012, she continued to develop as an artist in a more individual, personal and independent direction and left Dulce Compania.

style

Chau constructs oversized visionary dream worlds. In doing so, she uses a personal language of expression in which, based on costumes with a high scenic effect, choreographic and performative elements, interactive installations, sound and video flow.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2014: Participation in "Underground - En Danse Forestilling For Tre Solister", Bergen, Norway
  • 2015: Participation in "Berlin - Bozen / WE skirt Together", Kunsthalle Bozen, Bozen, Italy
  • 2015: Participation in " NordArt 2016", artwork Carlshütte , Büdelsdorf
  • 2016: Participation in "Inside Lottozero", Bolzano
  • 2016: Participation in “Inside Lottozero”, Prato
  • 2016: Participation in "engel / angeli", Südtiroler Sparkasse, Bozen

Artist calendar

  • 2016: engel / angeli 2016, Südtiroler Sparkasse, Bozen

Literature (selection)

  • Art in the Carlshütte gGmbH, an initiative of the ACO Group and the cities of Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg (ed.): Nord Art 2016 . 2016, ISBN 978-3-9813751-9-0 , pp. 215 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Which dance groups were awarded. Tagesspiegel.de, May 13, 2008, accessed June 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ 850,000 spectators at the Carnival of Cultures. Berliner Morgenpost, November 10, 2008, accessed on June 19, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Nordart 2016. (pdf; 2.1 MB) Marjorie Chau. Art in der Carlshütte gGmbH, an initiative of the ACO Group and the cities of Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg, 2016, p. 215 , accessed on June 19, 2017 .
  4. ^ Art world meets in Büdelsdorf. The Embassy of the Republic of Chile, May 12, 2016, accessed June 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Luminale 2016. (pdf; 6.8 MB) Biennale of Light Culture. (No longer available online.) Light + Building, 2016, pp. 63–64 , archived from the original on March 14, 2016 ; Retrieved June 19, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / light-building.messefrankfurt.com
  6. ^ Allegra Baggio Corradi: Inside Lottozero. Quando il tessile è materia, suono e spazio. In: franzmagazine.com. franzmagazine franzLAB Società cooperativa Genossenschaft, July 29, 2016, accessed on June 10, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Sleep Concert & Inside Lotto Zero. In: Austrian Cultural Forum Milan. Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, September 17, 2016, accessed on June 19, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Inside Lottozero: un'inaugurazione lunga 12 ore. In: Pratosfera. Pratosfera, October 13, 2016, accessed June 19, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Berlin lights up. Marjorie Chau. (No longer available online.) Berlin Leuchtet eV, 2016, archived from the original on October 11, 2017 ; accessed on June 10, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / berlin-leuchtet.com
  10. ^ Martin Hanni: Salto Return. salto.bz , November 21, 2016, accessed June 19, 2017 .
  11. ↑ The Flight of the Angels. In: ff The South Tyrolean weekly magazine. FF-Media GmbH, November 30, 2016, accessed on June 19, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Chau, Marjorie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chau, Marjorie Ibaceta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Chile