ARTIST STATEMENT
"WHAT DRIVES ME IS THE EVER NEW SEARCH FOR ATMOSPHERE, FOR A CONNECTION BETWEEN AUDIENCE AND A STORY. SPACE DOES NOT SERVE AS PURE ILLUSTRATION OF CONTENT BUT AS AN AREA OF INTERACTION. DESIGN AS INSPIRATION TO aCT AND REFLECT. THIS INCLUDES ALL PEOPLES SHARING THE EVENT: THE DIRECTOR, ACTORS, MUSICIANS, THE AUDIENCE. IT´S ABOUT RAISING QUESTIONS RATHER THAN GIVING ANSWERS “
BIOGRAPHY
MARTINA SEGNA WAS BORN IN BOLZANO. SHE STUDIED STAGE AND COSTUME DESIGN AT THE KUNSTUNIVERSITÄT GRAZ AND ARCHITECTURE AT THE TU GRAZ BEFORE COMPLETING HER STUDIES WITH AN MA IN ADVANCED THEATRE PRACTICE AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA IN LONDON. SINCE 2004 MARTINA SEGNA HAS BEEN WORKING AS sET DESIGNER, FOCUSING ON OPERA.
2017 NOMINATION FOR BEST DESIGN AT THE AUSTRIAN OPERA AWARDS: DER FERNE KLANG FRANZ SCHREKER/ OPER GRAZ/ DIRECTOR FLORENTINE KLEPPER
2020 SELECTED AS REDISCOVERY OF THE YEAR OPERNWELT AND NOMINATION FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: GUERCOEUR ALBÉRIC MAGNARD/ THEATER OSNABRÜCK / DIRECTOR DIRK SCHMEDING
SINCE 2023 TEACHING SCENOGRAPHY AT THE TH ROSENHEIM
SINCE 2024 PART TIME STUDY MA DESIGN RESEARCH: IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE IN OPERA HOUSES
MARTINA SEGNA CREATES STAGE DESIGNS FOR THEATERS AND OPERA HOUSES AROUND EUROPE:
OPER FRANKFURT, OPERA DIJON, SEMPEROPER DRESDEN, TEATRO REGIO PARMA, OPERA HOUSE GRAZ, OPER LEIPZIG, GÄRTNERPLATZ THEATER MÜNCHEN, EASTER FESTIVAL SALZBURG, THEATER BERN, THEATER BASEL, STAATSTHEATER DARMSTADT, NATIONAL THEATER WEIMAR, OPERA HOUSE SKOPJE, NATIONAL THEATRE BELGRADE, THEATER FREIBURG, PRINZREGENTENTHEATER MUNICH, PRAGUE STATE OPERA.
COLLABORATIONS WITH : DAISY EVANS, DIRK SCHMEDING, CLAUS GUTH, BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER, LORENZO FIORONI, FLORENTINE KLEPPER, VALENTINA CARRASCO
MARTINA SEGNA IS CURRENTLY BASED NEAR MUNICH.
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