Designs for theater, dance, opera, and non-performance-based work. International work includes The Barbican, Festival Lyric d’Aix-en-Provence, La Comédie-Française, Angers Nantes Opera, La Monnaie, Venice Biennale, Dutch National Opera, Holland Festival, Festival Ljubljana, Canadian Opera Company and Sydney Festival. US work includes Juilliard Opera, Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Seattle Opera and most major regional theatre companies. New York work includes The Park Avenue Armory and The Public. He is a frequent collaborator with Theatre for a New Audience and Steppenwolf. Education: Wabash College, Yale Drama. Assistant Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University. ... read more
Sven grew up in Cologne, Germany, where he lit small-scale theatre shows after high school, complemented with lighting for movies, advertisements, and music videos. His subsequent studies of theatrical lighting design in London led him to develop a keen interest in digital technologies and their potential for the live arts.
In 2001 he joined up with Dick Straker and his company mesmer to explore and further the use of imagery and projection in the live arts. For the National Theatre, London mesmer provided realization and design services for over 20 productions and established a video department which introduced technologies and ... read more
