I intend this blog to be a place for sharing my creative work and my thoughts.
So here I am, beginning on a sunny spring day, diving into the virtual world. I wonder where this particular adventure will take me.
For those of you readers who don’t know me: professionally I work as a theatre artist, performer and teacher. Over two decades ago, Franziska Braegger and I founded the independant theatre company „Theater R.A.B.“ or „Random Acts of Beauty.“ We specialize in mask and movement theater, and have developed a multidisciplinary style that incorporates – depending on the needs of our theater productions – acting, maskwork, Commedia dell‘Arte, puppetry, music and dance. Our productions are created in an ensemble process, sometimes with literary works, myths or folk tales as a basis. We enjoy working together with other theater performers, musicians and artists in such productions.
My drawing, painting and writing have for the last few decades served the production necessities of Theater R.A.B. But recently I began feeling the necessity to give my other creative works a platform in which they be communicated. Related to this, I began remembering my performance art phase in the Bay Area of the 1980’s and wondering what a return to the solo performance medium would entail.
Fortunately I was able to take a residence at Ewerk Hallen für Künste, Freiburg, with funding from the program #TakeHeart: Flausen Residenzen. I used this chance to re-explore my creativity as a solo performer and artist. This was the final kick in the pants I needed to get this blog online.
