CV
//JØRGEN CALLESEN
Performance artist, media artist, curator, teacher
email jorgen.callesen@warehouse9.dk – mobile phone +45.2729 3387
Born 1966 in Hjørring, Denmark
Academic Education
M.A./Ph.d. i Information & Media Studies, Aarhus University 1995/2005
Dance, Animation and Puppet Theater Education
1997-2007 Open Training – Butoh & Release by Kitt Johnson , X-act, Copenhagen
2001 Image Work (Workshop) by Kitt Johnson, Dansens Hus, Copenhagen (2001)
1999 Marionette and Physical movement (Workshop) Michael Meschke, National Danish School of Theater, Copenhagen
1998 Butoh – Workshop: Drawing the Moment – Yoko Kaseki & Marc Ates, LopLop, Berlin
1998 Biomekanik – Meyerholds acting technique (Workshop) by Bogdanov (Moscow), Theater School Ernst Busch, Berlin
1998 1999 Puppet theater, acting & physical theater
Theater School “Ernst Bush”, Berlin course by Prof. Hartmut Lorenz Dept. Of puppet theater
Professional Background
2009-2011 Artistic Director of the live art venue Warehouse 9
2008 Artistic director for the visual concept and performer in the Musical ”Bang Bang” by Kenneth Bager, directed by Signe Fabricius (Premiere 2. October)
2008 Project manager and designer of the media art & performance database ”PRAMbase” supported by the Nordic Cultural Fund
2007-2006 Guest Lecturer at the Royal Danish Art Academy in Performance Art
2007-2005 Workshop leader “Digital Media for the stage arts”, Odsherred Theater School, Odsherred, Denmark
2006 Project leader and planner for Copenhagen Queer Festival 2006
2006 Project leader for the Nordic art Network PRAMnet.org (Practice driven Research in Art & Media)
2006-2001 Associate researcher at the Smart Lab Centre, St. Martins College of Art, London, UK