Boris Bakal
| Boris Bakal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1959 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Known for | Theatre, film, writing |
| Awards | ArtsLink Fellow, Bitef Festival Special jury awards, Pula Theatre Festival awards |
Boris Bakal (born September 18, 1959 in Zagreb) is a theatre/film director and actor.
Biography
Boris Bakal was born in Zagreb, SFRJ (now Rep. of Croatia);[1]
Boris Bakal was visiting schoolar/lecturer and researcher at: New York University (1998), Stony Brook University (1999), Studio Art Centres International (Florence, 2000), and Columbia University (New York, 2003), Leiden University (2008), Kent University (Canterbury, 2013), DAMU (Prague, 2014) and others.
He was an artistic director and curator of multidisciplinary urban festival "Hunting Season" (Stagione di Caccia) (1999–2001),[2][3] and co-director and co-curator of Migrative art Festival (within Flying University Project),[4][5] Louvain la Nuove (Belgium), 1993–1995 and Tunel Festival, Zagreb, 1995.
He is also a co-founder and co-author of the projects of Bacači Sjenki/Shadow Casters (since 2001).
Bibliography (selection)
- Boris Bakal/Sandra Uskokovic – "Urban Hum: Memory Theater of the City" – Journal of Urban Cultural Research vol. 11, Osaka City University & Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok/Osaka, 2015 [6]
- Boris Bakal – "The Legend of the Boat" – Oris magazine for architecture no. 91, Oris House for Architecture, Zagreb, 2015 [7]
- Duška Radosavljević – Theatre Making – Palgrave Macmillan, 2013[8]
- Duška Radosavljević – The Contemporary Ensemble: Interviews with Theatre-Makers – Rutlege, 2012 [9]
- Boris Bakal – "Fragments about the Space" – Kolo no. 4, Matica Hrvatska, Zagreb, 2007[10]
- Boris Bakal – "Goli i mrtvi", Zarez 210, 2007[11]
- Boris Bakal – "Recognizing networks", a chapter in the book: Katrin Klingan and Ines Kappert/Relations – Leap into the City: Chişinău, Sofia, Pristina, Warsaw, Zagreb, Ljubljana – 7 scenes from Europe – DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag, Cologne, 2006 [12]
- Katarina Pejović – "The Portret of Multimedia Artist", Up&Underground, 2006[13]
References
- ↑ Interview with Boris Bakal in architect review "Man and Space"
- ↑ Review of the 1999 edition of the festival "Hunting Season"
- ↑ Review of the 2001 edition of the festival "Hunting Season"
- ↑ About Flying University Project in magazine Veto (1993)
- ↑ About the Festival in magazine Veto (1993)
- ↑ The essey by Boris Bakal and Sandra uskokovic about urban artistic projects
- ↑ The essey by Boris Bakal about architect Ivan Vitić
- ↑ Dan Hutton's review on book "Theatre Making"
- ↑ Presentation of the book "The Contemporary Ensemble"
- ↑ The essey by Boris Bakal about space
- ↑ The essey by Boris Bakal about performance
- ↑ Presentation of the book "Leap into the City"
- ↑ Review of Boris Bakal work from 1985 to 2006 in art magazine Archived December 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.