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Roswitha has worked extensively and internationally as a set/costume designer in opera, theatre and dance. In 2001 she began to develop her own ideas and interests as an artist, writer and director. She works and lives in London.
Stumbling over Infinity , a contemporary cross disciplined live performance combining elements of science, shadows, installation and opera, has received funding from C.Gulbenkian Foundation, the Arts Council England and the Laban for research and development period. She received support from the OperaGenesis Foundation at the Royal Opera House for further musical and artistic development. An abridged version of the full length opera was shown at the Laban and the Linbury Studio at the ROH2 under the “Firsts” program in November 07.
From this source, the following works have been developed:
“Dreaming” Installation/art/performance based on Roswitha’s research on sound and space (based on Valentina Tereshkova’s first space travel) involving seven performers and sound recordings of the planets by satellite Voyager by Nasa, commissioned by the Academia das Artes in St. Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Developed and devised by Roswitha. Set in an abandoned church, documented and broadcast by the national media.
“I, the lizard” a workshop/experience of sound and music (La Traviata), movement and shadows, performed in collaboration with the composer/musician Carlos Zingaro, and seven dancers/performers, their shadows and video artists, funded by the F.Gulbenkian Foundation, performed in the conservatory of the Teatro Taborda, Lisbon.
“The Journey to the Fruit and Flower Mountain” an interactive installation work.
“The Lizard and the Sun” devising/leading a summer workshop based on a Mayan folktale for “Youth Create”, a community project with 66 children in Hertfordshire, final performance outdoors.
Exhibition of art work:
“Black and White” participation in a group exhibition at Gallery 12, London.
“Moments of Being” was presented at the EA+ Gallery in St. Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
“Moments of Being” a visual sound exhibition at the Tea Building, Shoreditch, London.
For her installation Roswitha takes pictures of shadows - a moment held and remembered, sensed both visually and audibly. These images are printed on fine, translucent silk, layered and so producing a three dimensional aspect. Their lightness/weightlessness referring to the mind – is then stretched across a heavy steel frame – matter. The sound installation has been developed in collaboration with the composer Helen Ottaway.
Currently in work:
The video installation of “Death of Summer” a one to one experience between shadow and viewer. Preparing new art work for her forthcoming solo exhibition in October 08 at Gallery 12 and spring 09 in the Azores. Researching and fundraising new project inspired by the writings of Dadaist artist Kurt Schwitters: Shadow-play
Theatre designs include: TONGUE TIED at the Young Vic; MRS KLEIN at Watford; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL for the Oxford Stage Company and DANCING AT LUGHNASA in Lausanne, Paris and Tokyo.
Opera designs: GOD'S LIAR (Almeida Opera and La Monnaie); THE MAGIC FLUTE for Opera North; LA FINTA GIARDINIERA for Opera Zuid; IL TRITTICO at the Spoleto Festival, USA and DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE for the Reisopera, Netherlands.
Dance designs: BARE BONES (DanceXchange); three productions for Yolande Snaith; CORPUS ANTAGONUS with Russell Maliphant for the Ricochet Dance Company and OUT OF THERE for Candoco Dance Company.
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