Serge von Arx

Serge von Arx is a stage designer.

Serge von Arx was born in Switzerland in 1971, educated as an architect at ETH in Zürich 1991-1997.

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(Objekt ID 6931)
Object type Person
Functions Stage designer
Gender Male
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Serge von Arx works as an independent architect, stage designer and designer, and he started his professional theatre career as an assistant of Rolf Glitterberg in Hamburg. In 1998 he began his long-term collaboration with Robert Wilson on stage design, exhibitions and installations all over the world.

From 2003 he has been a mentor and architecture consultant at The Watermill Center in Long Island in New York, and he is an architecture critic for Neue Züricher Zeitung. He has been the artistic director for the stage design study at The Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad (Østfold College University), and in 2010 he was named professor in stage design. The spring of 2011 he was the stage designer of Othello at The National Theatre.

Serge von Arx was nominated for The Hedda Award 2011 in the category of best visual design for the stage design for Iphigeneia by Finn Iunker, directed by Runar Hodne, Trøndelag Theatre.

Serge von Arx was nominated for The Hedda Award 2013 in the best visual design category for his stage design for Death of a Salesmanby Arthur Miller, directed by Runar Hodne, Trøndelag Theatre.

Source:

The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 10.06.2013, http://www.heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1176

Education

Educated as an architect at ETH in Zürich (1991-1997).

Involved in productions (13)
Title Premiere Role
Much Ado about Nothing (Trøndelag Theatre) Navember 16, 2019 Stage design
Fellow Man (Trøndelag Theatre) September 8, 2018 Stage design
The Wild Duck (Trøndelag Theatre) September 23, 2017 Stage design
Edda (The Norwegian Theatre) March 4, 2017 Stage design
Vannposten (Nordland Theatre) September 24, 2015 Stage design
Hamlet (Trøndelag Theatre) September 5, 2015 Costume design, Stage design
Demoner 2014* (Demons 2014) (The National Theatre) February 8, 2014 Stage design
Death of a Salesman (Trøndelag Theatre) January 22, 2013 Stage design
Triptych 0811 (Ella Fiskum Danz) October 12, 2012 Stage design
Othello (The National Theatre) April 7, 2011 Stage design
Iphigeneia (Trøndelag Theatre) September 17, 2010 Stage design, Costume design
Før solnedgang (The Norwegian Theatre) Navember 5, 2008 Stage design
Peer Gynt (The Norwegian TheatreThe National StageBergen International Festival) February 19, 2005 Assistant Stage Designer