Dominic Huber
Dominic Huber works on expanding experiences of reality in the
field of set design and theatre direction. Since studying architecture
at the ETH Zurich he has designed numerous stage sets between
independent projects and big city and state theatres in places like
Zurich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Vienna and Brussels.
Together with director Bernhard Mikeska he developed a series of
immersive theatre installations. He regularly collaborates with Lola
Arias, Sebastian Nübling and Toshiki Okada. His own theatre
installations have been shown both site specific and in theatre spaces
in New York, Zurich, Berlin, Buenos Aires and Jerusalem. Since 2008,
Dominic Huber has worked with Stefan Kaegi and Rimini Protokoll on many
projects such as »Heuschrecken«, »Situation Rooms«,
»Welt-Klimakonferenz« and just recently »Urban Nature« in Barcelona and
Mannheim. For »Nachlass« and Société en chantier Kaegi and Huber
collaborated at Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne. 2009 he received a work
stipend from the City of Zurich for a stay in NYC. 2015 he was a member
of the jury at the Prague Quadrennial for Performance Design. He
regularly teaches at Zurich University of the Arts. With »Situation
Rooms« (Rimini Protokoll), »The Vacuum Cleaner« and »Doughnuts«
(Director Toshiki Okada) three of his productions were invited at
Berliner Theatertreffen. In 2019 he received the Swiss Theatre Award
from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture.