Suzon Fuks, MIRAGE/IGNEOUS
(Australia)
Video Artist Born in Brussels, has lived in Australia since 1996. Co-artistic director of Igneous, she created the multimedia projections for, and directed, each of its productions. She gives workshops in tertiary institutions in Australia and Europe integrating video with the performing arts and fostering collaboration, as well as for community cultural development projects. In 2002 she received a grant from the New Media Arts Board of the Australia Council to research telematic performance. She has been commissioned to make visual installations for various companies, made award- winning films, videos and solo performance shows, created the film part of the Mandragore Theatre's The Strange Mr Knight, which toured the world for 5 years (87-92). Her photographic exhibition Keeping the Light toured from 1997 to 2001 to 7 capitals of the world. Her documentary photographs are part of the State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia. Trained in dance, theatre & music at Lilian Lambert Academy, Brussels (69-76), she completed her masters in Visual Arts at La Cambre, Brussels (79-84)
