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'''Suzon Fuks''' (born 1959) is an intermedia artist, ] and director exploring the integration and interaction of dance and moving image through performance, screen, installation and online work. She is the founder of the ] interactive performance platform.<ref name=gallasch />

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'''Suzon Fuks''' is an internationaly recognised intermedia artist, ] and director exploring the integration and interaction of dance and moving image through performance, screen, installation and online work. Current recipient of an she focuses on screendance and networked performance. Suzon current work is an online open forum space for artist for works of all kinds dedicated to water.


==Biography== ==Biography==
Born in 1959<ref name="amherst">{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Fall fellows: Suzon Fuks |url=https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/colloquia/copeland_colloquium/2012/people/fallbios/suzonfuks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111029/https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/colloquia/copeland_colloquium/2012/people/fallbios/suzonfuks |archive-date=4 March 2016 |accessdate=1 November 2012 |work=Copeland Colloquium 2012/13 |publisher=Amherst College}}</ref> in Belgium, but currently (as of 2012) based in Australia, Fuks trained in dance, theatre and music at the Lillian Lambert Academy, Brussels (69-76), she completed her master's in ] at ] (79-84). She has been directing for both stage and screen since 1985, directing 15 movement-based intermedia performances, created film/video-scenography/installation for 21 productions, directed and edited 26 films and videos including 16 screen-dances and co-devised 15 online performance interactive works.<ref></ref> She received a ] for Video-Scenography in Theatre (New Form). Her screendance 'fragmentation'<ref>{{cite web|author=Camila Perry says |url=http://suzonfuks.net/2009/09/06/screendance |title=screendance – intro – Diving the frame |publisher=Suzonfuks.net |date=2009-09-06 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> was nominated for a ReelDance award in 2007 and also nominated for an Australian Dance on film award] which screened on all continents.
Suzon Fuks, international Belgium born muti-media artist, is the founder of , an on-line platform dedicated to water as a topic and metaphor.
Born in ], Fuks trained in dance, theatre and music at 69-‘76), she completed her Masters in ] at ] (‘79-‘84). She has been directing for both stage and screen since 1985, directing 14 movement-based intermedia performances, created film/video-scenography/installation for 19 productions, directed and edited 19 films and videos including 13 screen-dances. She received a ] for Video-Scenography in Theatre (New Form). Her screendance fragmentation<ref>{{cite web|author=Camila Perry says: |url=http://suzonfuks.net/2009/09/06/screendance |title=screendance – intro – Diving the frame |publisher=Suzonfuks.net |date=2009-09-06 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> was ReelDance finalist, nominated for an and screened in all continents. Fuks created the film part of the groundbreaking show ‘The Strange Mr Knight’, which toured the world for 5 years (87-92, Adelaide Festival 1990). Moving to Australia in ‘96, she has been co-artistic director of intermedia performance company since ’97. The culmination of Fuk's final residency at the was an immersive installation performance which takes the audience through an interactive exploration of water issues, the use of the online platform, physical engagement, and real time collaboration with her online crew from around the world.


She gives lectures, workshops, master classes and labs in Australia, USA, and Europe on the integration of visual media and the performing arts, fostering intermedia artistic collaboration. Mentored in ‘03 by (artist) <ref>{{cite web|author=Like |url=http://vimeo.com/6382397 |title=networked performance - mentorship 2003 on Vimeo |publisher=Vimeo.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> and ] on networked performance under an Austrailian council national media arts grant. She continued her research in that field developing and performing in the ’07-‘10 , for 10; <ref>{{cite web|url=http://suzonfuks.net/2010/05/01 |title=01 – May – 2010 – Diving the frame |publisher=Suzonfuks.net |date=2010-05-01 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> and participated in ‘10 at ], NY.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://empaclivemediaperformancelab.blogspot.com |title=EMPAC.live.media+performance.LAB |publisher=Empaclivemediaperformancelab.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> at EMP. She is a founding member of cyberformance group ActiveLayers (UK, NZ, Aus).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igneous.org.au/activelayers-bios.html |title=ActiveLayers |publisher=Igneous.org.au |date= |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> She organised the Brisbane node of DIAL ‘08, a streaming event connecting 5 cities around the world, and organized & coordinated with 8 cities streaming ‘09. She has participated in numerous presentations about networked performance – ‘08: DIMEA, Createc seminar, CreateWorld; ‘09: SCANZ; ‘10: Syneme, linux.conf.au, WDA NY, CineDans. Fuks gives lectures, workshops, master classes and labs in Australia, US, and Europe on the integration of visual media and the performing arts, fostering intermedia artistic collaboration and is currently a Copeland Fellow at Amherst College<ref name=amherst /> Mentored in 03 by Keith Armstrong and Kelli Dipple <ref>{{cite web |author=Fuks |first=Suzon |date=September 2009 |title=networked performance - mentorship 2003 |url=http://vimeo.com/6382397 |accessdate=18 February 2012 |website=Vimeo |publisher=Vimeo.com}}</ref> and ] on networked performance under an Australian council national media arts grant. She continued her research in that field developing and performing in the 07-10 Upstage Festivals, Backyard Dances for Electromog festival; Live, media and performance lab<ref>{{cite web|url=http://suzonfuks.net/2010/05/01 |title=01 – May – 2010 – Diving the frame |publisher=Suzonfuks.net |date=2010-05-01 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> and participated in 10 at ], New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://empaclivemediaperformancelab.blogspot.com |title=EMPAC.live.media+performance.LAB |publisher=Empaclivemediaperformancelab.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> at EMP. She is a founding member of cyberformance group ActiveLayers (UK, NZ, Aus).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igneous.org.au/activelayers-bios.html |title=ActiveLayers |publisher=Igneous.org.au |date= |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref>
Her work has been sited in publications including ‘Excited Atoms,<ref>{{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref> virtual mobility in contemporary arts’ by Judith Staines & Ghislaine Boddington, and 'INTERNET E TEATRO' by


⚫ Igneous state that there interest lie in process, interaction, diversity and challenging values and with international residences which allows them to collaborate more freely with artist from many different areas of study.<ref>.</ref> These included ], Department of performance studies at The University of Sydney,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/arts/performance/ |title=Department of Performance Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - The University of Sydney - Australia |publisher=Sydney.edu.au |date=2011-11-07 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> Australian choreographic Centre] in ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ql2.org.au/farewellTACC.php |title=Farewell to The Australian Choreographic Centre |publisher=ql2.org.au |date=2011-10-22 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> Dance4 Nottingham<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dance4.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=dance4.co.uk}}</ref> ] and as far ] (India) where they worked with Asialink.
==Igneous==
SUZON FUKS (multimedia artist, director and photographer) and JAMES CUNNINGHAM (choreographer and performer) have been collaborating artistically since 1993, share the artistic directorship of Brisbane-based multimedia and performance company igneous, and are founding members of the international cyberformance group ActiveLayers. In 2008, they organised the Brisbane node of DIAL (Day In A Life), an international streaming event connecting artists from 5 cities around the world initiated by Horst Konietzny.
s the collaborative idea of Fuks and .They began work in 1997 creating multimedia movement based performances for the stage, screen and many other spaces, they also work with documentary photography as well as conducting forums, masterclasses and workshops.
⚫ Igneous state that there interest lie in process, interaction, diversity and challenging values and with international residences which allows them to collaborate more freely with artist from many different areas of study.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} These included ], Department of performance studies at ,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/arts/performance/ |title=Department of Performance Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - The University of Sydney - Australia |publisher=Sydney.edu.au |date=2011-11-07 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref> in ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ql2.org.au/farewellTACC.php |title=Farewell to The Australian Choreographic Centre |publisher=ql2.org.au |date=2011-10-22 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref>, <ref>http://www.dance4.co.uk/</ref> ] and as far ] (India) where they worked with


In 2011 Fuks established Waterwheel, a project which describes itself as "an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media and ideas, performance and presentation" which "provides a platform and forum for experience and exchange, expression and experimentation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://water-wheel.net/about|title=About|work=Waterwheel|accessdate=2012-10-28}}</ref> This project was initiated by Fuks as part of an Arts Council Fellowship assisted by the Australian Government; in collaboration with IGNEOUS and INKAHOOTS<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Inkahoots Design|url=http://www.inkahoots.com.au|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Inkahoots Design}}</ref> and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council, the Judith Wright Center for performing arts], Ausdance Queensland, and iMAL. Speaking about her interest in the theme of water in an interview in 2011, Fuks says, "I became more interested in the politics of water. I started questioning how in developed countries we have access to things and information and take so much for granted. Water is becoming a commodity. I observed that most water infrastructures are made by men, but in developing countries the collection and handling of water is usually a matter for women"<ref name="gallasch">{{Cite web |last=Gallasch |first=Keith |date=August 2011 |title=world of water |url=https://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue104/10395 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810021539/https://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue104/10395 |archive-date=10 August 2022 |access-date=29 October 2012 |website=]}}</ref>
==Water-Wheel==
She was a Creative Sparks grant recipient in 2011, a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://water-wheel.net/supporters|title=Supporters|work=Waterwheel|accessdate=2012-10-28}}</ref>
In March 2008 she formed ActiveLayers along with Liz Bryce, James Cunningham and Cherry Truluck.<ref></ref>


Fuks is a photographer and has collections at the ].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-10 |title=Collection 02: Suzon Fuks photographs of the Great Synagogue, people in their kitchens, salespeople in the home, and a Wik rally, 1997 |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-02-suzon-fuks-photographs-great-synagogue-people-their-kitchens-salespeople-home-and-wik |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=State Library New South wales}}</ref>
Exploring water—as a topic and metaphor—Waterwheel is an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media and ideas, performance and presentation. investigates and celebrates this constant yet volatile global resource, fundamental element, environmental issue, political dilemma, universal theme and symbol of life. It encourages you to explore and discover, share and collaborate, contribute and participate.

calls on everyone—performers and artists, scientists and environmentalists, students and academics, you and me, anyone and anywhere—to test the water, dive in, make a splash and start a wave. It provides a platform and forum for experience and exchange, expression and experimentation. Waterwheel draws together different people, practices, places, media and modes of expression. There are no borders or boundaries. Waterwheel flows along its natural course.


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Latest revision as of 23:28, 30 July 2024

Suzon Fuks (born 1959) is an intermedia artist, choreographer and director exploring the integration and interaction of dance and moving image through performance, screen, installation and online work. She is the founder of the Waterwheel interactive performance platform.

Biography

Born in 1959 in Belgium, but currently (as of 2012) based in Australia, Fuks trained in dance, theatre and music at the Lillian Lambert Academy, Brussels (69-76), she completed her master's in Visual Arts at La Cambre (79-84). She has been directing for both stage and screen since 1985, directing 15 movement-based intermedia performances, created film/video-scenography/installation for 21 productions, directed and edited 26 films and videos including 16 screen-dances and co-devised 15 online performance interactive works. She received a Green Room Award for Video-Scenography in Theatre (New Form). Her screendance 'fragmentation' was nominated for a ReelDance award in 2007 and also nominated for an Australian Dance on film award] which screened on all continents.

Fuks gives lectures, workshops, master classes and labs in Australia, US, and Europe on the integration of visual media and the performing arts, fostering intermedia artistic collaboration and is currently a Copeland Fellow at Amherst College Mentored in 03 by Keith Armstrong and Kelli Dipple and Mike Stubbs on networked performance under an Australian council national media arts grant. She continued her research in that field developing and performing in the 07-10 Upstage Festivals, Backyard Dances for Electromog festival; Live, media and performance lab and participated in 10 at EMPAC, New York. at EMP. She is a founding member of cyberformance group ActiveLayers (UK, NZ, Aus).

Igneous state that there interest lie in process, interaction, diversity and challenging values and with international residences which allows them to collaborate more freely with artist from many different areas of study. These included Brisbane Powerhouse, Department of performance studies at The University of Sydney, Australian choreographic Centre] in Canberra, Dance4 Nottingham University of Brighton and as far Kochi (India) where they worked with Asialink.

In 2011 Fuks established Waterwheel, a project which describes itself as "an interactive, collaborative platform for sharing media and ideas, performance and presentation" which "provides a platform and forum for experience and exchange, expression and experimentation". This project was initiated by Fuks as part of an Arts Council Fellowship assisted by the Australian Government; in collaboration with IGNEOUS and INKAHOOTS and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council, the Judith Wright Center for performing arts], Ausdance Queensland, and iMAL. Speaking about her interest in the theme of water in an interview in 2011, Fuks says, "I became more interested in the politics of water. I started questioning how in developed countries we have access to things and information and take so much for granted. Water is becoming a commodity. I observed that most water infrastructures are made by men, but in developing countries the collection and handling of water is usually a matter for women" She was a Creative Sparks grant recipient in 2011, a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. In March 2008 she formed ActiveLayers along with Liz Bryce, James Cunningham and Cherry Truluck.

Fuks is a photographer and has collections at the State Library of New South Wales.

References

  1. ^ Gallasch, Keith (August 2011). "world of water". RealTime Arts. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Fall fellows: Suzon Fuks". Copeland Colloquium 2012/13. Amherst College. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. Suzon Fuks.net
  4. Camila Perry says (2009-09-06). "screendance – intro – Diving the frame". Suzonfuks.net. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  5. Fuks, Suzon (September 2009). "networked performance - mentorship 2003". Vimeo. Vimeo.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  6. "01 – May – 2010 – Diving the frame". Suzonfuks.net. 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  7. "EMPAC.live.media+performance.LAB". Empaclivemediaperformancelab.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  8. "ActiveLayers". Igneous.org.au. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  9. Igneous.org.
  10. "Department of Performance Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - The University of Sydney - Australia". Sydney.edu.au. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  11. "Farewell to The Australian Choreographic Centre". ql2.org.au. 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  12. "Home". dance4.co.uk.
  13. "About". Waterwheel. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  14. "Inkahoots Design". Inkahoots Design.
  15. "Supporters". Waterwheel. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  16. www.Igneous.org/activelayers-bios
  17. "Collection 02: Suzon Fuks photographs of the Great Synagogue, people in their kitchens, salespeople in the home, and a Wik rally, 1997". State Library New South wales. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

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