Egill Sæbjörnsson
Egill Sæbjörnsson (born 1973, Reykjavik / IS) graduated from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts (now the Icelandic Academy of the Arts) in 1997 and studied at the University of Paris, St.Denis, from 1995 to 1996. Since 1999 he shares his time between Reykjavík and Berlin. His art is an unusual fusion of music, sound, video and installations in addition to which he often appears himself as part of his exhibition projects. From the start of his career he has handled different media and expressive idioms with remarkable facility. He harnessed computers, projections and musical instruments in his performances where he himself took on a different persona in each new context. He has a whole career in music and has released his music with record companies and music is an integral part of his many performance projects.
In recent installations Egill has used video, sound and sculptural installations to create a sort of cabaret in the gallery with cut-out figures and artworks that speak and sing and even interact. There are numerous echoes from art history, including Dada-evenings in the teens and twenties, and the artworks themselves comment out loud on such references.
Egill’s recent exhibitions in Iceland include a large installation at the National Gallery in 2004, a solo exhibition in Gallery 101 and an exhibition with Magnús Sigurðsson at the Living Art Museum. In 2004 Egill was invited to take part in the international workshop programmed at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. He has also exhibited widely abroad, most recently in Berlin, Vienna, Skopie, Lubliana and London.
Marcia Moraes
Marcia Moraes (born 1969, BR/PT) is an actress, dancer and director and has been involved with several productions over the past 20 years. In New York she works with the Theater Company ECA founded by Richard Schechner. As a member of rasaboxes.org she is implementing rasaboxes training in courses she teaches around the world at all kinds of schools and cultural institutions.
She is currently teaching at The New York University (NYU), for the M.F.A. degree in Performance studies, the Neue Musikschule Berlin (Germany), the University Estácio de Sá (Rio de Janeiro / Brazil) for the B.F.A. degree in Theater. She also teaches for the Pós B.F.A. degree in Movement directing for theater, and the Pós B.F.A. degree in Performance, both at University Angel Vianna (Rio de Janeiro / Brazil).
She just finished touring Europe with “The Mind”, a performance collaboration with artist Egill Sæbjörnsson (Germany / Iceland / France / Denmark / Austria / Italy). For three years she was working as a director and performer, in numerous productions in Brasil and Germany, with renowned opera composer and multimedia artist Jocy de Oliveira. She is currently based in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro developing a series of performances between theater and visual arts, performing worldwide.
Marcia holds a B.F.A. in Cinema from Estácio de Sá University (RJ-Brazil), a diploma in Acting from C.A.L. Arts Institute of Laranjeiras (RJ-Brazil), a Pós B.F.A. in Dramaturgy also from Estácio de Sá University (RJ-Brazil) and a diploma in Dance (performing, teaching and choreography) from Angel Vianna University (RJ-Brazil). She completed two of four years of the professional program at the National Circus School of Brazil, as well as half of the music program (singing and theory) at the Villa Lobos Institute of Music.