New Zealand born, Emma Lorien Murray works in the field of performance and choreography, producing adept and sometimes absurd physical translations for the contradictions and complexities of being alive.
Since 2008 she has established herself as a Swiss based choreographer and performer, producing her own work while continuing to teach, act and assist in choreographic and theater projects throughout Switzerland.
From 2013-2015 Murray was Pro Helvetia Young Associated Artist and Artist in Residence at the Dampfzentrale Bern, where her work continues to be regularly co-produced.
Since 2013, and in recognition of her emerging presence in both national and international settings, she has been the recipient of support from the City of Bern and Pro Helvetia Switzerland.
Typically, her solo or group projects exploit a post creative approach to text or language in order to contextualize movement in performance. She collaborates with artists across artistic disciplines and cultural divides, while maintaining a teaching practice that informs as well as archives her interest in creative process and co-operation. During the exchange-based research project, Working Sessions in 2014 she facilitated the collaboration and curation of several Swiss based artists working across disciplines of performance, choreography, writing and music.
Murray draws on her long and varied background in dance to mix up language and movement.
performances
// My Body is an Island (2008)
// You Should Have Seen Me (2009)
// naturalcauses (2012)
// MADE TO ORDER (2013)
// This is the Beginning (2014)
// the way you look tonight (2015)
// Participation (Footnote NZ Dance Co 2017)
// Mother*Fuckers (2017)
// ne pas de deux (and Wiersch 2019)
// Monsterhood. The Making of (and Wiersch 2020)
// PUDDING CLUB (and Wiersch 2022)
em-R productions
Elisabethenstrasse 53 3014 Bern
Switzerland
WORKING SESSIONS
- Mirko, Martin and Johanna in the tower, Kortrijk, BE August 22, 2014
- Photo August 22, 2014
- In einem Gespräch mit Martin über Erfahrungen und Strategien offenbart er eine sehr offene... August 22, 2014
- CONCEPT Community processes - Arquitecture & Urbanism - Body awareness &... August 22, 2014
- Do you have any tried and tested 'rules' (criteria) when collaborating or considering a new collaboration? August 21, 2014
- LANDMARK training Kortrijk Congè, BE July 2014 July 27, 2014
- Die Grundidee von LANDMARK ® ist ein gemeinschaftliches Körpertraining für eine spezifische... July 6, 2014
- LANDMARK(c) Dancing the neighborhood | Kunstencentrum BUDA July 6, 2014
- Working Sessions goes Kortrijk Congé July 6, 2014
- Photo June 13, 2014
Mirko, Martin and Johanna in the tower, Kortrijk, BE
Mirko, Martin and Johanna in the tower, Kortrijk, BE
In Einem Gespräch Mit Martin über Erfahrungen Und
In einem Gespräch mit Martin über Erfahrungen und Strategien offenbart er eine sehr offene Arebitsweise, die meist auf Zusammenarbeit/Kollaboration mit anderen KünsterInnen beruht.
Emma: You seem to be really effective in being loose or light and at the same time very concentrated in your approach.
Martin: I always have the… [more]
Concept Community Processes Arquitecture
CONCEPT
Community processes - Arquitecture & Urbanism - Body awareness & trainig
Linear connections between these motives are already widely existant in socio artistic practice. The LANDMARK training positions itself in the crossover between Community processes, Architecture & Urbanism and Body awareness & training.
Hereby the transitions are… [more]
Do you have any tried and tested 'rules' (criteria) when collaborating or considering a new collaboration?
emmainbern:
Martin Schick:
“Yes, mainly to not call it collaboration. I find it a terrible system, it reminds me of the word 'collapse'. I prefer to call it 'co-operation', which means accepting difficulties and differences and letting them co-exist. No consensus!”
Schick postuliert damit die Möglichkeit und gewissermassen Fruchtbarkeit, die… [more]
LANDMARK training Kortrijk Congè, BE July 2014
LANDMARK training Kortrijk Congè, BE July 2014
Die Grundidee Von Landmark Ist Ein
Die Grundidee von LANDMARK ® ist ein gemeinschaftliches Körpertraining für eine spezifische Nachbarschaft oder Kleinstadt, das Gemeinschaftsbildung und soziale Stadtentwicklungen fördert.
Das Körpertraining an sich fördert die Körperintelligenz und trainiert Rhythmus, Dynamik, Ausdauer, Kraft und Koordination. Das Training erlaubt eine individuelle Mitwirkung und einen persönlichen Zugang, gleichzeitig werden Räume für… [more]
LANDMARK(c) Dancing the neighborhood | Kunstencentrum BUDA
Working Sessions goes Kortrijk Congé
Mit Martin Schick arbeiten wir an “LANDMARK” und nützen die wertvolle Gelegenheit uns gleichzeitig über den Prozess auszutauschen. (Natürlich auch über vergangene Arbeitsprozesse und ‘Prozess’ im Allgemeinen.)
community based physical training LANDMARK introduces physical training into a specific neighbourhood or small city as a
way of sustainable community building… [more]
SOSA - SOCIAL SPACE AGENCY
Stell Dir den sozialen Raum als ein Strassennetz vor: Er besteht aus Strassen, die die Menschen gemeinsam erbaut haben, um eine ‹Gesellschaft› zu erzeugen. In dieser Gesellschaft verhalten wir uns in jeder Situation so, als befänden wir uns an einer Weggabelung: Wir versuchen festzustellen, welches Verhalten angebracht ist und wählen… [more]
