"Børsen" (Danish newspaper): "DRØMME og hårdt arbejde"/"DREAMS and hard work..."by Journalist Tina Johnk Christensen
November 29, 2010
November 28, 2010
THE TALK WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK I'M WRITING ABOUT INTER-DISCIPLINARY SET DESIGN AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE RESEARCH WAS ABOUT AT THE WATER MILL CENTER, WHILE I WAS THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE THERE.
Set design is an art form that actually can draw on several other artistic disciplines and integrate some of them in itself and its expression. Set design is a wildly interesting topic which really is visual communication, that can comment on cultural events and generate debates in society. Set design, when it is interesting, has moved far away from visual social realism in theater and backdrop painting, to abstract space structures. Which simultaneously can convey messages that support the other elements on stage, if there is a stage!
I chose to study set design, because the profession itself draws both from art, literature, psychology, philosophy, communication and anthropology. Each fields which I was enormously interested in, and therefore not able to decide which area to focus on.
September 30, 2010
July 20, 2010
July 05, 2010
Q""UOTES
"Birgitte is a very talented Painter"
Achim Freyer
Stage Director- and Designer
”Ms. Moos is a specialist image-maker, an artist, thinker and craftsperson who possesses an
extraordinary esthetic sensiblilty. She is already a visionary in the field, pionering exciting new
areas of the cutting edge of technology and the arts, and creating striking and deeply
interesting art works in the process. She is a creative and gifted talent who not only excels but
stands out... Her work show great sensitivity, versatility and universal appeal in many genres of
artistic media. She is an excellent conceptual and creative thinker, a fine communicator, and
highly sophisticated in her use of visual language... Individuals with her combination of skills,
knowledge and talent are extremely rare and much sought after by industry. She will
undoubtedly bring prestige to any project in which she is involved.”
extraordinary esthetic sensiblilty. She is already a visionary in the field, pionering exciting new
areas of the cutting edge of technology and the arts, and creating striking and deeply
interesting art works in the process. She is a creative and gifted talent who not only excels but
stands out... Her work show great sensitivity, versatility and universal appeal in many genres of
artistic media. She is an excellent conceptual and creative thinker, a fine communicator, and
highly sophisticated in her use of visual language... Individuals with her combination of skills,
knowledge and talent are extremely rare and much sought after by industry. She will
undoubtedly bring prestige to any project in which she is involved.”
”I am confident that she will continue to shine and develop as one of the pioners and creative talents in the field.”
Vibeke Sorensen
Professor and Founding Chair
University of Southern California
School of TV and Cinematic Arts, Division of Animation and Digital Arts
”Scenography and its related disciplines is an increasingly important area of study and gaining
considerable academic attention. The field encompasses the visual and spatial aspects of
performance in all its manifestations. As such, it includes architecture, the plastic and fine arts,
digital and electronical media, drama, literature and related fields. It is, in other words, a truly
cross-disciplinary field of study with important implications for the contemporary world of
performance, communication, media and the like.. Someone who can bring praxis to theoretical
interrogation should be an ideal candidate for such a field of study. Ms. Moos seems to be such
a person.”
considerable academic attention. The field encompasses the visual and spatial aspects of
performance in all its manifestations. As such, it includes architecture, the plastic and fine arts,
digital and electronical media, drama, literature and related fields. It is, in other words, a truly
cross-disciplinary field of study with important implications for the contemporary world of
performance, communication, media and the like.. Someone who can bring praxis to theoretical
interrogation should be an ideal candidate for such a field of study. Ms. Moos seems to be such
a person.”
Arnold Aronson PhD
Professor and Chair
Columbia University School of the Arts,
Theatre Arts Division
”Birgitte has a high vocational base that places her in that certain category reserved for outstanding Danish mediators in the creation of film... Her accomplishments are manifold. She is an eminent Production Designer and a very talented painter. She is unusually articulate and entertaining Birgitte functions perfectly the role of a teacher.”
”Great artistic talent is characterised by the artists ability to be innovative, and this Birgitte posesses in abundance.”
”Birgitte Moos is enormously qualified to work with the education and design of television, film, video and the performing arts.”
Susanne Vad
Film Studies Director
Zentropa Productions / Station Next
”Birgitte Moos is a Danish designer, which in future may help to anchor Denmarks position in the
field of set design for film and theatrical media. Birgitte has through her earlier works showed
great professional commitment, professionalism and pioneering new ideas.”
Ulla Hovgaard Ramlau
President, Danish Design Center
”Birgitte has studied at UDK, Berlin University of the Arts, by Professor Achim Freyer. The mere
fact being accepted as student by one of this century’s most recognized scenographers and
visual artists, indicates her talent.”
Jonas Elmer
Filmdirector
June 07, 2010
NSTALLATION: The Form Behind the Form. Time defined as Form
Artist: Birgitte MoOS
Artist: Birgitte MoOS
Denmarks National College of Design/ Danmarks Designskole - Copenhagen
The object is a container containing time & the container is a temporal model, that visualizes what time is in itself when time is designed as a physical object.
The now moving in time, independent of the moment... READ MORE
May 20, 2010
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"The Arsonists" extended through June 26th, 2010. CHRITICS CHOICE by Los Angeles Times LINK TO VIDEO
May 18, 2010
SET DESIGN for The Arsonists. American premiere at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. April 3 - May 23, 2010
Photo by Tina Jøhnk Christensen
Los Angeles Times
CRITICS PICK; Theater review: 'The Arsonists' at KOAN at the Odyssey April 15, 2010
”...Among the first-rate design elements, Birgitte Moos’ striking set holds some real surprises.”
Read more at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/ 2010/04/ theater-review-the arsonists-at-koan-at-the-odyssey-theatre.html
L.A. Weekly Theater Critics. April 8, 2010
”...Set designer Birgitte Moos' beautiful two-level set (1950s-style living room and attic) is ingenious...”
Read more at http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/stage-news/stage-raw-the-mystery-plays/#more
BEVERLY PRESS, April 8, 2010
”...super set design co-operation from Birgitte Moos...”
BACKSTAGE. CRITICS PICK: 'The Arsonists'. KOAN at The Odyssey Theatre. 7.4.2010
STAGE AND CINEMA, FIREMEN, SAVE MY WORLD, April 11, 2010
”... the look and feel of a grim East-European film of the 60s, with just the right touch of Keystone Kops madness...”
Read more at http://www.stageandcinema.com/arsonists.html
Campus Circle, May 5, 2010
”The two level set design from the wallpaper to the hanging houses was beautifully developed by Danish set designer and fine artist Birgitte Moos. (I could not expect less from a student of Achim Freyer.)...”
Read more at http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=10879&h=-The-Arsonists-Now-May-The-Odyssey-Theatre
A CurtainUp, Los Angeles Review: The Arsonists 8 april, 2010
“Scenic designer Birgitte Moos has layered that second level attic atop a sterile white living room that looks like it might be a generic hotel room. Miniature houses representing the city float in space, and the firefighters scale metal towers to peek in the windows…”
Read more at http://www.curtainup.com/arsonistsla10.html
LA THEATRE REVIEW, April 9, 2010”The set, by Birgitte Moos... was marvelously evocative...”
Read more at http://www.latheatrereview.com/2010/04/09/the-arsonists-at-the-odyssey/
BITTER LEMONS, April 2010
http://bitter-lemons.com/2010/04/the-arsonists-100-sweet/
BITTER LEMONS, April 2010
http://bitter-lemons.com/2010/04/the-arsonists-100-sweet/
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCY & LECTURE AT THE WATERMILL CENTER, NEW YORK
Revolutionary Spaces October 27, 2009 - 6:00pm
The Watermill Center
39 Watermill Towd Road
Watermill, New York
Watermill, New York
Revolutionary Spaces is an exploration of the art of theatrical set design. From challenging gravity to creating a language through non-realistic imagery, Revolutionary Spaces explores the interaction of the audience and the stage. This project questions how and where the viewer experiences recognition and intuitive understanding of the content of a performance as it relates to the environment of the action on the stage. The intent is to channel this exploration into writing a book on the effects of abstract imagery as they apply to set design.
Birgitte Moos is a Danish artist, based in Copenhagen and Los Angeles. Both a conceptual painter and set designer, she holds an MFA from the National Design School of Denmark, where she was often called “the most analytical Danish set designer.” Her work has been shown in various venues and exhibited internationally at numerous galleries. Recently, she designed the set and costumes for Theatre Cantabile2 in Copenhagen and had a solo exhibition at Edgar Varela Fine Arts in Los Angeles.
More information is available at www.birgittemoos.com.
This free workshop : A work-in-progress presentation, is part of the Watermill Center's Fall 2009 Artists-in-Residence program.
Birgitte Moos is a Danish artist, based in Copenhagen and Los Angeles. Both a conceptual painter and set designer, she holds an MFA from the National Design School of Denmark, where she was often called “the most analytical Danish set designer.” Her work has been shown in various venues and exhibited internationally at numerous galleries. Recently, she designed the set and costumes for Theatre Cantabile2 in Copenhagen and had a solo exhibition at Edgar Varela Fine Arts in Los Angeles.
More information is available at www.birgittemoos.com.
This free workshop : A work-in-progress presentation, is part of the Watermill Center's Fall 2009 Artists-in-Residence program.
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