Melanie Wilson (sound designer)

Melanie Wilson (born 1977 in London ) is an English performance artist and sound designer .

Life

Wilson makes performances , installations, films and audio works that focus on the "use of sound as a distinct and subjective agency", according to her self-description on her website. Wilson works with major artists and companies such as Rotozaza , Clod Ensemble , Chris Goode , Will Adamsdale and Becky Beasley . Their sound designs can be seen at numerous festivals and have made international guest appearances. a. Simple Girl (at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007), Autobiographer ( Dublin Fringe Festival 2011), The View From Here (at BAC One on One Festival 2010) and Landscape II (at Dublin Festival 2013).

We have been working closely with director Katie Mitchell since 2012 . Melanie Wilson created the sound design for the following of her productions:

• Journey through the night according to Friederike Mayröcker ( Cologne Theater 2012, Berlin Theatertreffen and Avignon Festival 2013)
• The yellow wallpaper after Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Schaubühne Berlin Berlin 2013)
• Desireless misfortune by Peter Handke in a version by Duncan Macmillan ( Burgtheater Vienna 2014)
• The Forbidden Zone by Duncan Macmillan ( Salzburg Festival and Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin 2014)
• Traveler on one leg by Herta Müller ( Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg 2015)

The artist has received several awards. For example, Melanie Wilson and Will Duke were invited to the British Council Shakespeare Reworked Project. Your project is called 'The Narrow World' and the studies for this will start in Tunisia in the autumn .

Awards

• Dublin Fringe Festival 2009, Best Production Award - Iris Brunette's performance
• Off West End Award 2012 for the best sound design

Web links

• Melanie Wilson's website
• Melanie Wilson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Melanie Wilson on the website of the Salzburg Festival (with picture)