Location theatre
In 2017, Flanders Arts Institute made an overview of location theatre in Flanders.
David Helbich (1973, Berlin) has been living and working in Brussels since 2002. He studied composition in Amsterdam and Freiburg.
He is a sound-, installation- and performance artist, as well as a photographer and teacher, who creates a wide range of experimental and conceptual works for the stage, paper and online media and in public space.
His trajectory moves between representative and interactive works, pieces and interventions, between conceptual work and actions. His concepts are often presented in print, such as photo- and illustrated score books as well as in live performances, sound interventions, audio guides and on social media. Many of his works address concrete physical and social experiences. A recurrent interest is the direct work with a self-performing audience.
In the last 15 years, his work has been shown all over Europe, and recently presented a.o. at
D Museum (Daelimmuseum, Seoul), Queens Museum (NYC), Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Oude Kerk (Amsterdam), Queens Museum and UnionDocs (New York) and Café OTO (London).
Helbich received the First Prize for the composition award 'ad libitum' (Stuttgart) for his piano book “Fur aufrichtiges Klavier” (2011).
In 2017, Flanders Arts Institute made an overview of location theatre in Flanders.
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