Frieder Weiss

Projection Designer

Frieder Weiss is a Berlin based video and installation artistand expert for real-time computing and interactive computer systems in performance art. He is the author of video motion sensing software especially designed for use with dance, music and computer art. As a pioneer in the field of intermedia performance he became co-director of Palindrome Performance group, developing media performances which toured worldwide and have received numerous awards (Transmediale, Berlin; CynetArt Dresden). Inspired by his work with Australian Dancer Emily Fernandez he developed an aesthetic which tightly integrates visual media with the moving body.

Frieder created the video projections and interactive technologies for Chunky Move’s recent works Glow and Mortal Engine. For his contribution on Glow he was rewarded with a ‘Green room award’ for ‘Design in Dance’. Mortal Engine was awarded the 2008 Live Performance Australia Helpmann Award for Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production. Other recent works were developed with Leine and Roebana in Amsterdam, phase7 in Berlin, Helga Pogatschar, Cesc Gelabert in Munich, the Danish Dance Theatre in Kopenhagen, im’ij-re in San Francisco, Transmedia Academy Hellerau in Dresden, Daniel Knorr at Kunsthalle Basel, Kylie Minogue in London.