
theatre, production design and interactive performance
Marie Blunck (also known as Marie Blunck-Ward) designs explorative performances using new technologies. She has devised interactive installations and designed numerous plays and various short films with directors Yael Shavit and Zeb Lamb. As part of Indian Runner Production, she has co-devised and designed Trailer, which received the New Discovery Prize at the International Mime Festival 2006 in Périgueux, France and was shown at the Camden People's Theatre as part of the Tonic season.
She has collaborated with Slung Low on Small Worlds for the Liverpool City of Culture Festival 2008 and Helium, which won the 2008 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award and was premiered at The Barbican Centre's Pit Theatre in London in September 2008. More recently she worked with spoken word artist Polarbear on RETURN, which premiered at Battersea Arts Centre in London and has toured the UK since 2010.
Having studied at Central St. Martin's and Slade School of Art, she has gone on to be a Senior Lecturer at Central St. Martin's College of Art & Design and lectures at Wimbledon College of Art and Goldsmith's University.
"... the dioramas you enter ... are wonderful, combining the art of film and the homespun, heartfelt craft of theatre with wistfulness and wit."
- Time Out review of Helium, 10th September 2008
"Proving that shorts don't have to look shoddy, Zeb Lamb's film oozes style... as the film moves from black and white to colour and back again the quality never wavers... Picture perfect."
- Eye for Film review of Self Portrait, 2005
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| Creative Work | |
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| Open Mouth, Story Jump Out | |
| Design for Polarbear, Battersea Arts Centre |
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| sTaTe | |
| Concept design | Mar 2011 - current |
| Ottie and the Bea | |
| Shop interior and window display design | Sep 2010 |
| Return | |
| Design and Illustration for Polarbear, Touring | 2009 - 2011 |
| Helium | |
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Design for Slung Low Part of the bite:08 season, Barbican Pit Theatre, London |
Sep 2008 |
| Small Worlds | |
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Design for Slung Low fuse theatre, Liverpool |
Aug 2008 |
| Survey No. 257 | |
| Production Design, Independent short film written and directed by Zeb Lamb. | Oct 2007 |
| Trailer | |
| TONIC Season, Camden People's Theatre, London | Oct 2006 |
| International Mime Festival, Perigueux, France | Aug 2006 |
| Camden People's Theatre, London | Jan 2006 |
| Battersea Arts Centre, London | Sep 2005 |
| Night Light/Life In The Folds | |
| Out Of Inc's UK and Ireland Tour | Apr - May 2006 |
| Dutch Gold | |
| Photoshoot for Burlesque Theatre | Apr 2005 |
| Self Portrait | |
| Independent short film written and directed by Zeb Lamb. | Oct 2004 |
| A Piece of Monologue | |
| Interactive installation with voice by Peter Wyngarde Observatory, UCL, London | Jun 2003 |
| Hedda Gabler | |
| White Bear Theatre, London | Nov - Dec 2002 |
| She Tumbles | |
| Cockpit Theatre (New Writers Festival), London | Oct 2001 |
| The Stronger/Play With Fire | |
| White Bear Theatre, London | Jun - Jul 2001 |
| Theatre and Performance Work | |
| Location Manager for the UK tour of Trajets, Mesh Productions, interactive dance installation |
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| Assistant Designer to Sue Condie for the production of Gut Girls, Hen and Chicken Theatre, London | Nov 2000 |
| Project and Production Assistant for the interactive performance Desert Rain by Blast Theory, ZKM (Centre for Art and Media), Karlsruhe, Germany | Aug + Nov 1999 |
| Scenic Department, Royal National Theatre, London | Jul 1999 |
| Technical assistant for Contour, Digital Dance Performance, Fabrika, Brighton | Jun 1999 |
| Production assistant for the workshop. Real Gestures - Virtual Environments, held by Sally Jane Norman, Media Theatre, ZKM, Germany | Aug 1998 |
| The Theatres of Cologne, Germany. Assistant Designer to Ulrich Schultz | Mar - Jul 1996 |
| The Theatres of Kiel, Germany. Carpentry, Metalwork, Scenic Painting, Prop Making |
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| Film and Television Work | |
| Art Director for Tommy Tough, MA degree film, Northern Film and Television School, Leeds | Feb - Apr 2001 |
| Wardrobe and Art Department for Techno Games 2000 (Robot Wars), Mentorn Productions for the BBC | Dec 2000 |
| Art Director for Cracks, MA degree film, National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield | Sep - Oct 2000 |
| Awards | |
| 2008 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award for Helium in collaboration with Slung Low | Nov 2007 |
| New Discovery Prize for Trailer. International Mime Festival, Perigueux, France | Aug 2006 |
| AHRB Postgraduate Award | Aug 2001 |
| Exhibitions | |
| Inaugural Exhibition, Merton Hall Road Gallery, Wimbledon School of Art | Sep 2004 |
| Slade School of Art Postgraduate Summer exhibition 2003, UCL, London | Jun 2003 |
| Presentation of binary curtains (degree thesis). Digital Scenography Conference, University of Kent | Jun 2000 |
| Education | |
| Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design, University of the Arts London - Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching | 2007 - 2008 |
| Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London - MA Fine Art (Theatre Design) | 2001 - 2003 |
| Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London - BA(Hons) Theatre Design | 1997 - 2000 |
| Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London - Foundation Course in Art and Design - Foundation Diploma | 1996 - 1997 |
| Teaching Experience | |
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Senior Lecturer in Performance Design and Practice, Foundation Course Central Saint Martin's College of Arts & Design, University of the Arts London |
2007 - current |
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Workshop leader: Curating a journey through a public landscape Scenofest, Prague Quadrennial 2011 |
June 2011 |
| Wimbledon School of Art, Associate Lecturer in BA Set Design for Stage and Screen | 2003 - 2011 |
| Goldsmith's College, University of London, Visiting Lecturer in MA Filmmaking | 2006 - 2010 |
| Profile | |
| German, English, Swedish and French | Languages |
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Modelmaking Technical Drawing Teaching Experience Adobe Photoshop/Illustator Google SketchUp Set Construction Prop Making Scene Painting Video Production Animation Lighting Operation Furniture Restoration Driving Licence |
Skills |


