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Oliver Proske (2015)

Oliver Proske (* 21 September 1971 in Johannesburg) is a German stage designer, industrial designer, exhibition designer, producer and managing director. In 1998 he founded the Berlin-based independent theatre company Nico and the Navigators together with his partner Nicola Hümpel.

Life

Oliver Proske studied industrial design at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, where he was taught by Professor Dieter Rams, before going on to study at the Berlin University of the Arts.

As part of the theoretical thesis he completed in 2000 at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, he created a free-form atlas to test mathematical observations concerning free-form dimensioning, which makes possible the comparability of forms in computer-aided styling.

In 1998 he and Nicola Hümpel founded the theatre company Nico and the Navigators at the Bauhaus Dessau; he has since created all of the company’s 25 stage designs. The company has been based in Berlin since 1999. Oliver Proske is also managing director of the company, which has been the recipient of institutional funding from the Senate of Berlin since 2007, and he has acted as technical director for over 200 guest performances in more than 50 cities worldwide.

As artists in residence at Berlin's Sophiensæle he and the company developed the Menschenbilder cycle from 1999-2005. The 2000 production Eggs on Earth, which was nominated for the Berliner Theatertreffen Award and the Friedrich Luft Prize, earned the troupe their international breakthrough. In 2006 the piece Wo Du nicht bist, with compositions by Franz Schubert, marked their entry into musical theatre. A series of further musical theatre productions was subsequently produced in collaboration with European co-producers, and included Anaesthesia with music by George Frideric Handel (2009) and Petite messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini (2011). These alternated with collaborations between Nico and the Navigators and the Halle Opera House and the  Handel Festival for Orlando (2010), the Deutsche Oper Berlin for Mahlermania (2012), and the Munich Biennale in co-operation with the Residenz Theatre for Die Befristeten (2014). Die Stunde da wir zu viel voneinander wussten had its premiere at the Kampnagel in Hamburg in 2015. In spring 2016, he developed the stage design for Philippe Boesmans Reigen in Nicola Hümpel's new production at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, and in 2017 he did the same for the production SILENT SONGS into the wild at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He has given guest performances with Nico and the Navigators at, among others, the Vienna Festival, the Bregenz Festival, the Weimar Festival, Moscow's Dom Musiki, the Korean UIMT Festival, Paris's Opéra-Comique, the Festival Nuits de Fourvière in Lyon, the Opéra de Dijon, the Rouen Opera House, as well as the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg.

Alongside working with his own company, he has also developed stage designs for shows such as the 2011 Anhalt Theater production of Der Protagonist – Bajazzo and the Konzert für eine taube Seele performed in 2012 at the Puppentheater Halle. In addition he has designed various exhibitions, including Die Dinge der Welt (2008) at the Francke Foundations in Halle (a media installation presented in the style of the 300-year-old Wunderkammer as part of the Theater der Welt Festival) and the exhibition architecture for the 2012 sound installation Cicadas in Halle. He talks about his approach to design in lectures and workshops both in Germany and abroad.

Oliver Proske's best-known piece of industrial design is the Melampos lamp. It was produced by the ClassiCon company from 2001 to 2007.

In 2013 an illustrated book about his work with the company, An der Erde hängt der Mensch und an ihm der Himmel, was published by Theater der Zeit. In 2011 Oliver Proske and Nicola Hümpel were awarded the George Tabori Prize.

Stage designs

  • 1998 Ich war auch schon einmal in Amerika
  • 1999 Lucky Days, Fremder!
  • 2000 Eggs on Earth[1]
  • 2001 Lilli in Putgarden
  • 2002 Der Fammileinrat
  • 2003 Kain, Wenn & Aber
  • 2004 HELden & KleinMUT
  • 2006 Wo Du nicht bist[2]
  • 2007 Niels Arms and Songs
  • 2008 Obwohl ich dich kenne
  • 2009 Anæsthesia[3]
  • 2009 Ombra & Luce
  • 2010 Orlando
  • 2011 Cantatatanz
  • 2011 Petite messe solennelle[4][5][6][7]
  • 2012 Angels’ Share
  • 2012 Mahlermania
  • 2013 Shakespeare's Sonnets – Hate me when thou wilt
  • 2014 Die Befristeten
  • 2015 Die Stunde da wir zu viel voneinander wussten[8]
  • 2016 Reigen[9][10][11]
  • 2017 Silent Songs into the wild[12]

Exhibitions

Product design

  • 2001 Leuchte Melampos at ClassiCon

Bibliography

  • Laura Berman, Madlene Therese Feyrer: Klang zu Gang – Gedanken zur Musik in heutigen Theaterformen. Theater der Zeit Verlag, Berlin, 2009, ISBN 978-3-940737-65-6.
  • Nico and the Navigators: An der Erde hängt der Mensch und an ihm der Himmel. Theater der Zeit Verlag, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-943881-60-8.
  • Babette Kraus: Die Berliner Performance/Theater-Gruppe Nico and The Navigators: Werkzyklus 'Menschenbilder' – Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Identität. GRIN Verlag, München, 2002, ISBN 978-3-656-76010-8
  • Torsten Maß, Christoph Werner: Theater der Welt: Komm! Ins Offene. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, 2008, ISBN 978-3-898125-67-3.

References

  1. ^ Jean-Louis Perrier: Die Berliner von Nico, angesäuerte Navigatoren. Rezension zu Eggs on Earth. In: El Mundo, 27. Januar 2003.
  2. ^ Egbert Tholl: Erkundungen in Schuberts Körper. Rezension zu Wo Du nicht bist. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 7. August 2006.
  3. ^ Eleonore Büning: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd. Rezension zu Anæsthesia. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 22. November 2009.
  4. ^ Wolfgang Schreiber: Die Ganzkörperpoeten. Rezension zu Petite messe solennelle. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3. September 2011.
  5. ^ Wolfgang Schreiber: Witz inbegriffen. Rezension zu Petite messe solennelle. In: Opernwelt, 1. November 2011.
  6. ^ Clemens Haustein: Schokolade und Selbstkasteiung. Rezension zu Petite messe solennelle. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 18. November 2011.
  7. ^ Alain Cochard: Rossini selon Nico. Rezension zu Petite messe solennelle. In: Concert Classic Paris, 21. April 2012.
  8. ^ Patrick Wildermann: Liebe in Zeiten der Selfie-Stange. Rezension zu Die Stunde da wir zu viel voneinander wussten. In: Tagesspiegel, 3. Juni 2015.
  9. ^ Marco Frei: Beischlaf mit Humor. Rezension zu Reigen In: NZZ, 28. April 2016.
  10. ^ Mirko Weber: Mit Terzen kann man Menschen fangen. Rezension zu Reigen In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, 25. April 2016.
  11. ^ Judith von Sternburg: Man töte diese Mücke! Rezension zu Reigen In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 26. April 2016.
  12. ^ Tomasz Kurianowicz: Heimatsucher. Rezension zu Silent Songs into the wild. In: Tagesspiegel, 27. September 2017.
  13. ^ Andreas Hillger: Festival «Theater der Welt» Im Haus der tausend Dinge. Rezension zu Dinge der Welt In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 01. April 2008.
  14. ^ Andreas Montag: Kunstprojekt Lockruf der Zikaden in Halle. Rezension zu Cicadas In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 20. Juni 2012.
  15. ^ Jana Haase: Wenn die Zikaden lärmen. Rezension zu Cicadas In: Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten, 19. September 2013.


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