Michael Laub / Remote Control Productions
Chronology of works
MANIAC PRODUCTIONS / VIDEO PERFORMANCES / REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS (since 1981) / VIDEO / VIDEO INSTALLATIONS / OTHER PROJECTS / WORKSHOPS / LECTURES / GUESTPROFESSORSHIP / CURATORSHIP / RESIDENCIES
MICHAEL LAUB & MANIAC PRODUCTIONS (1975–1980)
Maniac Productions (1975)
- Narren Teater, Stockholm
Enfantillage (1976)
- Fylkingen Center for Intermedia, Stockholm
Paralysed Infancy in Repetitive Structure (1976)
- Avant Teheran
- De Appel, Amsterdam
Mouse in Repetitive Structure (1977)
- Avant Teheran
- Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam
Lily is going to have a Baby (1977)
- Fylkingen Center for Intermedia, Stockholm
Tragico Intervallo (1978)
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
I closed the window and I went out for dinner (1978)
- Folkwang Museum, Essen
- Galerie Neu, Aachen
Dinner Somewhere and then Back to my room (1979)
- Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
- Théatre Populaire de Wallonie, Liège
VIDEO PERFORMANCES
Infection/Love Tapes I (1977)
Michael Laub and Marinka Kordis
- Video Festival, Fylkingen, Stockholm
Hotel Life (1978)
- Museumzicht Hotel, Amsterdam
Untitled Video Performance (1978)
- International Performance Festival, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Chap Tapes I (1979)
Michael Laub and Jan Convents
- ICC International Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp
Chap Tapes II (1980)
Michael Laub and Jan Convents
- Mickery, Amsterdam
MICHAEL LAUB / REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS (since 1981)
Snapping, Computing and Performing (1981)
- Kulturhuset, Stockholm
White Out (1982)
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Return of Sensation (1984)
- XXXII Biennale di Venezia
- Kulturhuset, Stockholm
- International Theater Festival, Copenhagen, 1985
Pressure (1987)
- Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Rewind Song (1989)
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- 6th Bergen International Theatre Festival Norway
Fast Forward/Bad Air und so... (1991)
- Dansens Hus, Stockholm
- Theater am Turm, Frankfurt
- Bergen International Theatre Festival
- Touch Time Festival, Mickery, Amsterdam
- Kaaitheater, Brussels
- Wiener Festwochen, Vienna
Jack’s Travelogue/La Prison des Femmes (1992)
- Black Box Theatre, Oslo
- Teatro Central, Expo 92, Sevilla
- Dansens Hus, Stockholm
- Theater am Turm, Frankfurt
- Kaaitheater/Théatre 140, Brussels
Rough (1994)
- Kulturhuset, Stockholm
- Teatergarasjen, Bergen
- Springdance, Utrecht
- Theater am Turm, Frankfurt
- Szene Salzburg
- Internationales Sommer Theater Festival
- Théatre 140/Charleroi Danse, Brussels
- Nordisk Scenekunst Festival, Arhus
- Europäisches Festival Schlossfestspiele, Schwerin
- Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele
- Hebbel-Theater, Berlin, 1995
Daniel and the Dancers (1994)
- Frascati, Amsterdam
- Monty, Antwerp, 1995
- Lantaren, Rotterdam, 1995
- Schouwburg, Tilburg, 1995
- Dansens Hus, Stockholm, 1995
- Theater am Turm, Frankfurt, 1996
- Hebbel Theater, Berlin, 1996
- Kannon Halle, Copenhagen, 1996
Solo with Charlotte Engelkes (1995)
- Spielart, Munich
- Theater am Turm, Frankfurt, 1996
- Hebbel Theater, Berlin, 1996
- Szene, Salzburg, 1996
- Monty, Antwerp, 1996
- Schouwburg, Tilburg, 1996
- Kulturhus Arhus, 1996
Planet Lulu (1997)
- Kulturhus Arhus
- Springdance, Utrecht
- Theater am Turm, Frankfurt
- Hebbel Theater, Berlin
- Szene, Salzburg
- Zuercher Theaterspektakel, Zürich,
- Kampnagel, Hamburg
- Grand Theater, Groningen
- De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
- Schouwburg, Tilburg
- Pusterviksteatern, Götheborg, 1998
- Dansens Hus, Stockholm, 1998
Frankula (1998)
- Grand Theatre, Groningen
- Tanz Theater International, Hanover
- Frascati, Amsterdam
- Schouwburg, Tilburg, 1999
- Hebbel Theater, Berlin, 1999
- Szene, Salzburg, 1999
Out of Sorts (1999)
- De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
- Grand Theatre, Gronigen
- Szene, Salzburg
- Expo, Hanover
- Schouwburg, Tilburg
- Mousonturm, Frankfurt, 2000
pigg in hell (2000)
- Tanz im August, Berlin
- Podewil, Berlin, 2001
- Mousonturm, Frankfurt, 2001
- off limits Festival, Dortmund, 2001
- Rotterdamse Schouwburg, 2001
- euro-scene, Leipzig, 2001
- Tramway, Glasgow, 2002
- Impulstanz, Vienna, 2002
- Tanzwerkstatt, Munich, 2002
- Zuercher Theaterspektakel, 2002
- Archa Theater, Prague, 2002
- cutting edge, Staatstheater Darmstadt, 2003
Total Masala Slammer/Heartbreak No.5 (2001)
- Tanz im August, Hebbel-Theater, Berlin
- Archa Theater, Prague
- Zuercher Theater Spektakel
- Rotterdamse Schouwburg
- Szene, Salzburg, 2002
- Impulstanz, Vienna, 2002
- Melbourne Festival, 2002
Porträts 360 Sek (2002)
- Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
The H.C. Andersen Project – Tales and Costumes (2003)
- Zuercher Theater Spektakel
- Hebbel Theater, Berlin
- Rotterdamse Schouwburg
- Exodos Festival, Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, 2004
- Dance, Munich, 2004
- Mousonturm, Frankfurt, 2005
- Rencontre Choreographique de Seine St. Denis, 2005
The Biography Remix (2004) with Marina Abramovic
- Romaeuropa, 2004
- Festival d’Avignon, 2005
Alone (2004)
- Zuercher Theater Spektakel
Alone/Gregoire (2004)
- Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
- De (Internationale) Keuze van de Rotterdamse Schouwburg
- Tanz im August, Internationales Tanzfest Berlin, 2005
- Tanzquartier, Vienna, 2005
- Mousonturm, Frankfurt, 2006
- Rencontre Choreographique de Seine St. Denis, 2006
- Festival d’Otono, Madrid, 2007
- Sommerszene, Salzburg 2009
Portrait Series Berlin. Professional and Non-Professional Dancers/
Marching Series (work in progress) (2007)
-Tanz im August - Internationales Tanzfest Berlin, 2007
-Zuercher Theater Spektakel, 2007
-Rotterdamse Schouwburg, 2007
Death, Dance and Some Talk
- Sophiensäle, Berlin, 2010
VIDEO
Bangkok Tapes (1983/84)
initiated and pre-produced by Michael Laub, featuring Marina Abramovic
and Ulay („City of Angels“)
Bangkok on Ice, Part II of the Bangkok Tapes (1989)
- Montbéliard Festival
- Locarno Festival
-San Sebastian Festival
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Pressure (1986)
- Theatre, Television and Video Festival, Riccione
- World Wide Video Festival, Den Haag, 1987
- XVI. Festival International du Nouveau Cinema, Montréal, 1987
- Bergens Kunstakademie, 1987
- Galleri F1, Oslo, 1987
Alone/Gregoire
-Vidéodanse Festival, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, 2007
Out of Sorts
-Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam 2007
-The Porn Identity, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien 2009
VIDEO INSTALLATIONS
Snapping (1981)
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- ICC, Antwerp
- Bhirashi Institute of Modern Art, Bangkok, 1983
- Video Art International Festival, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 1985
- KIT (International Theatre Festival), Copenhagen, 1985
- Bergens Kunstakademi, 1987
Autour de Michael Laub (1983)
Video retrospective
- Atelier St. Anne, Brussels, 1983
Compilation
- Teater Video Festival, Bergen
Video and Performance with Charlotte (1995)
- CCA, Glasgow
- Theaterformen, Brunswick
OTHER PROJECTS
Fragilissimo (1985)
Performance with Marina Abramovic, Ulay and Edmundo Za
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1986
Fortaleza (inside the bananatree) (1999)
Choreography; comissioned by Raz, Tilburg
- Schouwburg, Tilburg
- Grand Theatre, Groningen
- Theater Bis, ’s Hertogenbosch
- De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 2000
- Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, 2000
- Plaza Futura, Eindhoven, 2000
- Chassé Theater, Breda, 2000
- Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag, 2000
- LAKtheater, Leiden, 2000
Bruce and More (Heli Meklin & Michael Laub)
-Kiasma, Helsinki 2008
WORKSHOPS
- Summer University, Amsterdam, 1995
- TanzWerkstatt, Berlin, 1999
- Impulstanz, Vienna, 2002
- Tanz im August, Internationales Tanzfest Berlin, 2006
- Summer University, Mousonturm, Frankfurt, 2006
- HGKZ Zürich, Symposium, 2009
LECTURES
- NCPA National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai (with Marina Abramovic), 1999
- Expo Café, Hanover (with Marina Abramovic), 1999
- NCPA National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai, 2002
- Theater de Vorst, Tilburg, 2003
- Norwegian Theatre Academy, 2007
- Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, 2007
- performing europe meeting, Goldegg, 2009
- De Internationale Keuze van de Rotterdamse Schouwburg, (Portrait Series Video Lecture with Astrid Endruweit), 2009
GUESTPROFESSORSHIP
- University of Giessen, Wintersemester 2000/2001
- Freie Universität Berlin, Wintersemester 2006/2007
- Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, 2007
CURATORSHIP
- Video Art Stockholm International Festival, 1985
- Zuercher Theater Spektakel 2003, 2004
RESIDENCIES
- DAAD, Berlin (2006/2007)
- Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2006/2007)
- Rotterdamse Schouwburg, 2007