Lighting Consultant + Installer 825 VISIONWe envision a vibrant neighborhood where the arts welcome, heal, transform and build power for the people of Frogtown and Rondo. The vision for the future of the 825 Arts is […]
Author: SØREN OLSEN
A Doll’s Space
A reinterpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Director, Media Design, Writer (Reinterpretation) ABOUT: I wanted to create a condensed 20-minute version of A Doll’s House set in the modern digital age. Inspired by the […]
Well Spoken
By Alex Ledgewood Director ABOUT The Show An elderly gay moving out west rummages a nearby playground for a missing chunk of his brain. With the gate closing in two hours, he must convince the […]
FRANKENDANCE
Media Designer Presented with Michael Flores – Dancer, Choreographer About A short dance piece utilizing basic motion tracking and front projection. Experimenting with Touch Designer feedback loops and DIY lighting applications. Intentionally designed with tech […]
Anti-Hero: Revenge of the swifties
Lighting Design Anti-Hero: Revenge of the SwiftiesBy Derick Edgren OteroDirected by Meredith G. Healy ABOUT Fourteen-year-old Cora harasses a prominent music critic and his family into changing his scathing review of a country-turned-pop star’s most divisive […]
ALL MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE
A collectively created production. Director, Sound Design, Media Design, Co-Lighting, Co-Scenic Director’s NoteThis process started from nothing—an intentional mission to create a theatre piece from the unknown. What emerged between the creative team of performers […]
MOTION MUSIC
Interactive Design, Media Design Presented with Molly Costello ABOUT MOTION MUSIC is a playful, interactive installation that transforms the user’s movements into musical manipulations. Set in the University of Iowa’s Motion Capture Studio, the project explored […]
THE OBITUARY
by XIAOYAN KANG Scenic, Lighting Consultant ABOUT While volunteering at a hospice ward, a high school senior in Singapore was asked to write an obituary. The obituary unraveled the untold story of a diasporic family […]
WORLD CYMATICS
A flashlight driven interactive installation. Media Design, Interactive Design, Lead-Artist Presented with Chloe Cobb, Savannah Moore, Mikey Rioux About Cymatic Worlds created an instrument from an old museum’s sizable sunken sculpture garden. It presented a […]
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