LAURA DURBAN
21.06.1990 Born in Achern (GE)
2010-16 Acting in independent short film projects and theatre groups
2013-18 Study Fine Arts at Staatliche Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
Class of painter Tatjana Doll and Guest Professor Manfred Peckl
2012-19 Study German Literature at Albert-Ludwig-University Freiburg
SS 2017 Exchange Semester at LHÍ Reykjavík
Theatre and Performance Making
July 2017 Volunteer at LungA, Seyðisfjörður
WS 2017 Internship at Nýlistasafnið, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík.
Feb-Mar 18 Artist Residency at the Westfjordresidency, Þhingeyri
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PUBLIC PROJECTS
2014
• Regionale 14, Freiburg (GE)
Opening Performance
2015
• “Feminist PinUps” [Working Title]
Ongoing Photgraphy Project with Artist Korona Steijke
2016
• Solo Performance, Karlsruhe/Freiburg/Berlin
Site specific dance performance
• Group Exhibition, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Performance about Melancholy
2017
• “Move Imagination”, Reykjavík
Site Specific Group Performance through downtown Reykjavík
• “META_Morphoses”, Reykjavík
Interdisciplinary theatre piece based on Ovid´s Metamorphoses including dance, music composition, acting, performance installation and video projections at the Performance Department of Listaháskoli Íslands
• “Summer Rituals”, Iceland
Art Directing and Modelling for Wioleta Ludwig, MakeUp Artist and Photographer
• Music Video “Skydiving” for Visage
2018
• Solo Exhibition, Reykjavík Roasters
Analogue Photography
• Music Video “Rewind” for Noie
• “Patterns of Fragility”, Karlsruhe (GE)
4 video works with compositions by Francesco Fabris at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
• Group Exhibition at LungA, Isafjörður
Installation and Performance
• ActAlone Festival, Suðureyri
Video Presentation
• Exhibition in Husið, Patrekjsförður
Analogue Photography
• Mengi, Reykjavík
Collaborative Performance with composer Sunna Friðjons
• Interactive Installation with Raphael Alexandre, Reykjavík
2019
• Performance, Switzerland and Germany
Interdisciplinary music/art project with various artists