Olivera Gajic
Olivera Gajic is a Serbian costume designer who has lived and worked in the United States since 1999 . Her best-known production to date is Jedermann der Salzburger Festspiele from 2013.
life and work
Gajic studied in Belgrade at the University of the Arts in Belgrade, and made her first costume designs for theater and television in her home country. In 1999 she moved to the Department of Theater Design at the University of Connecticut for a Masters degree .
Since 2000 she has worked regularly for the Berkshire Theater Festival , where she a. a. designed the costumes for August Strindberg Traumspiel , Shakespeare's Macbeth and Barries Peter Pan - all directed by Eric Hill . At the same festival she also worked closely with director Anders Cato together - for Strindberg's Miss Julie and his father , Ibsen's Ghosts , as well as the George Bernard Shaw -pieces Candida , Mrs. Warren's Profession and Heartbreak House . At the Juilliard School in New York she designed the costumes for Marlowe's Edward II , as well as for Shakespeare's Midsummer Night 's Dream and his Henry V. She was a.o. at the Trinity Repertoire Company . a. engaged in March 2013 for Jackie Sibblies ' world premiere Social Creatures , directed by Curt Columbus .
A close collaboration linked and connects Gajic with the American director Brian Mertes . At the Trinity Repertoire Company they worked on Norris ' Clybourne Park and Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment , at the Juilliard School and Barton's trilogy The Greeks and the multimedia theater work The Americans , the lyrics from Sam Shepard's Paris, Texas , songs by the alternative country singer Jim White , as well as stories from students linked to a scenic collage. The artist also designed the costumes for the Lake Lucille Project by Mertes and his wife Melissa Kievman and their legendary open-air productions of Chekhov's pieces.
At the request of Mertes, the artist was engaged by the Salzburg Festival in 2013 for the new production of Jedermann am Domplatz and was able to achieve a great personal success.
“For the actual festival, the indulgence appears in a skin-colored bodice adorned with glittering crystals and a swinging red skirt. A delicate, feminine dress that has nothing at all of the often heavy, historical robes of the past. The woman who designed the dress and all the other costumes for the new production of “Jedermann” is called Olivera Gajic. Many of her works are reminiscent of fairy-tale beings, fairies and characters from a magical realm. Tender and vulnerable as well as wild and impetuous. “Costumes tell stories,” says the designer. And she loves telling stories with fabric, needle and thread. The possibility of creating many images in her head with her designs was also why she decided not to go for fashion, but for costume design. “In fashion, you only design beautiful clothes for the sake of beauty,” says Gajic. "Storytelling is more my thing, there is an intellectual claim behind it." "
Gajic's work was featured at the Prague Quadrennial for Stage Design and Theater Space in 2003 and 2007, as well as in the Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts .
Quote
“You can learn a lot about a person from the way they dress. Clothes speak for themselves. So when I can help an actor convey the story of their character, I feel successful. Costume design is about beauty and its differences, so it's not just about pretty clothes. There are so many different kinds of beauty, ugly can also be beautiful. Every piece that you put on an actor says so much about his role. "
Awards (selection)
- 2010 New York Innovative Theater Award
- 2012 Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theater
Web links
- Olivera Gajic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Olivera Gajic , website of the artist
proof
- ↑ The Julliard Journal: Finds Inspiration In The Americans ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Accessed July 28, 2013
- ^ Salzburg Festival: Olivera Gajic for "Jedermann" , Interview in Vogue , July 17, 2013
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gajic, Olivera |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian costume designer who lives and works in the USA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |