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//JØRGEN CALLESEN
Performance artist, artistic director, curator, teacher & researcher
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
2009-2014 Artistic Director of the live art venue Warehouse 9, Copenhagen, DK
2013 Producer & Co-director, Neo Reality shows, Warehouse9, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Producer, Feminists In Space Festival 2011, Warehouse9, KCopenhagen, DK
2010-2011 Producer NEW BURLESQUE FESTIVAL 2010-11, Warehouse9, Copenhagen, DK
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, Copenhagen, DK
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
Curatorial Work
November 2012 International Performance art Festival 2012 at Warehouse9.dk, Copenhagen curated with Gritt-Uldall Jessen
April – Juni 2010 – Forced Movements af Niko Raes
Performaces, exhibition & Artist Talk (DIVA Residency) Warehouse 9, Copenhagen co. curated with Gritt Uldall-Jessen
August – December 2009 The Portrait Project af J. Jackie Baier Artistic development, photo exhibition & Artist talk (DIVA Residency), Warehouse 9, Denmark
Oktober 2009 International Performance art Festival 2009 curated with Gritt-Uldall Jessen
Juli 2009 Urban Meltdown, Queer Group Exhibition part of World Outgames Art Cruising, Råhuset København, DK
August 2008 Body Images – Gender Realities International Performance Art Festival & Photo Exhibition,
Warehouse 9, Denmark del af PSi # 14 conference INTERREGNUM: In Between States, August 20 – 24, 2008
August 2007 Berliner Fleisch by J. Jackie Baier – Photo exhibition, Warehouse 9, Denmark
Juli 2006 Copenhagen Queer Festival, International Festival for Music, Art, Performance & Activism.
Curator for music & performance program.