Isabelle Jenniches (1971) received her Master's degree in Theater and Film Design from the Academy of Applied Art in Vienna, Austria, and a postgraduate degree in Digital Media and Fine Arts from Media-GN in Groningen, the Netherlands. After her studies she lived and worked in Amsterdam and Brooklyn, NY. Following a 4 month residency at the Lucas Artist Programs at Montalvo in Saratoga, Isabelle moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2005.

In performances and photographic series that seek out the intersections between physical and virtual space, Isabelle often draws upon such "low tech" sources as the public or private webcam, and her ongoing compulsive collections of found footage from the Internet. Real-time collaborative creation plays an important role in connected performance events and her work with musicians.

Her work has been shown a.o. in the Grand Theatre Groningen, Theater de Balie, Melkweg and Waag Society, Amsterdam; at DEAF, Dutch Electronic Arts Festival and at V2 in Rotterdam; Location One, The Kitchen and Harvestworks, New York City; Versionfest Chicago; Spaces in Cleveland, Ohio; New Forms Festival in Vancouver, BC; and at Cabrillo Gallery in Aptos, CA.

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selected performances and exhibitions

Vigilancia y Control
Centro de Arte La Regenta, Canary Islands, 2008

Focus & Diversity
Frank Mohr Instituut Alumni Show, Groningen, NL, 2007

the call 2005-6
diptych, composite webcam panorama
New Forms Festival, Vancouver, BC, 2006

in camera 2005
live webcam performances embedded into a multi-user environment
AIR Montalvo, CA/ Version>05 Chicago/ WWW

flotsam 2003-6
composite webcam panorama Ventura, CA
exhibited at Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos CA 2007

Iwate-san 2001-5
webcam captures of the volcano Iwate in Japan and animation of found footage from the internet
exhibited at SPACES in Cleveland, Ohio

screensavers
interventions for a voice of the public in public
Election Redirect & RNC Open Redux Tour
New York/ Ohio/ World Wide Web 2004

LiveForm : TeleKinetics
with Michelle Teran and Jeff Mann
connected hybrid spaces and networked kinetic objects, Amsterdam 2004
three translocal dinners between Toronto, Canada and Amsterdam, 2002

anyware
networked audio-visual collaborations, with Michelle Teran, Arjen Keesmat, Daniel Vatsky, Michael Liegl, Eric Redlinger
The Kitchen/ Share, New York City/ World Wide Web 2004

club transmediale
connected live media performance with Eric Redlinger, Daniel Vatsky, Michael Liegl
Transmediale Berlin/ Share, New York City/ World Wide Web 2004

JUST WATCH
three channel video installation of animated webcam captures
Melkweg Amsterdam 2003

Connected! the making of a LiveArt Exchange
collaborative performance during the e-culture fair opening ceremony
Amsterdam 2003

studies in telepresence
with Norah Zuniga Shaw, Silvina Szperling, Peter Carpenter, Dennis o'Connor, Marianne Kim
New York / Los Angeles UCLA 2003

true looks
photo essays using stills from live webcam performances
Location One, Artists in Residence Exhibition, New York 2003
VERSION>04: invisibleNetworks, online group exhibition (vrsn.NET_WORKS)
Chicago/ World Wide Web 2004

readers in the subway still images and 6 seconds of sound on DV
Location One, Artists in Residence Exhibition/ Manhattan Neighborhood Network
New York 2003

*Listen, Send, Tell*
connected performance framing the V2 Publication Book Presentation: Making Art of Databases
Harvestworks New York/ V2 Rotterdam 2003

Interfacing/ Radiotopia /Keyworx
connected performance for DEAF03 Data Knitting
Rotterdam/ New York 2003

Concrete Island
performance based on texts and motives from the novel by J.G. Ballard
concept, scenography and realisation with Stefan Kunzmann
movement Litó Walkey, Frank van de Ven; voice Dan Bodner
Theater de Balie, Amsterdam 2002

Julianaplasje - BLAAS - Twee zwaantjes
three onsite/online performances
group exhibition COMMITMENT by FondsBKVB, Rotterdam/ WWW 2002

Looking forward, see you soon!
Keyworx event for the opening of Landmark
Bergen, Norway/ WWW 2002

AFK
with Michelle Teran
webcam performances
Canada/California/World Wide Web 2002

FERNWEH
24 h realtime programming marathon
World Wide Web 2001

sensing presence no.1
with Renée Copraij and Stefan Kunzmann
performing a hyperlink system
Theatrum Anatomicum, Waag Society, Amsterdam 2001

Monoloog voor Kassandra / studies for Klytemnestra
with Robert Steijn, Lidy Six, Hercilia Lopez, Joke Tjalsma
realtime videography, video & costumes for dance improvisations
Venezuela/ Grand Theatre Groningen 2000

O+E
smart wallpaper for connected concert
with Sher Doruff, Robert Steijn, Alison Isadora, Mylene van Noort, Michelle Teran, Anne Wellmer, Maria Cleary
Waag Society Amsterdam, Audiorom London 2000

SOUVENIR with Stefan Kunzmann
staged reading
performer: Frans Poelstra; sound artist: Henry Alles;
readers: Geert Mak, Carel Alphenaar, Gabrielle Marks, Andrée van Es, Sandra Rottenberg, Theodor Holman
de Balie Amsterdam 2000

Glassolalia
light animations for floatation tank performance by Mike Tyler
Location One, New York 1999

Does my cat love me?
performance with David Lacein
WPP#2 [NES]theaters Frascati, Amsterdam 1999

whirligig with Stefan Kunzmann
small-scale narrow-cast performances
re:boot Cologne-Amsterdam 1999

ZAPPsnacks
live video & animations for 17 minute spectacle by André Pronk & Sjoerd Wagenaar
Fürstenfeld, Austria 1999

life & death fragments
live video & animations for dance improvisations by Pauline de Groot
WPP #1 -the body and technology
[NES]theaters Frascati, Amsterdam 1999

klein getijden boek
graduation project
text, composition & piano by Riek Westerhof; sound processing Radboud Mens;
dance & choreography Karen Levi
Grand Theatre Groningen 1998

Holoman; Digital Cadaver
animations & live video for musical by Mike Tyler
with Frank Sheppard, Mike Tyler, Meindert Meindertsma, Peter Kuitwaard
choreography Frank van de Ven
Theater de Balie, Amsterdam 1998

soft mirror
connected performance between the Grand Theatre, Groningen,
and the Society for Old and New Media, De Waag, Amsterdam 1998
dance & choreography: Beppie Blankert, Caroline Dokter

I DO FLY
live videoconferencing performances
De Paviljoens, Almere 1997

C-Us, portrait of a net.community
collection of live videoconferencing portraits
Niet de Kunstvlaai , Amsterdam 1997
InterFACES, international group exhibition of portraits in digital media
Bangkok & Kuala Lumpur 2004

Schauspieler, Tänzer, Sängerin
graduation project in scenography
with Ulla Pilz, Alexander Mitterer, Alexander Fendt
choreography: Christopher Beck
Theater am Mittersteig, Vienna 1996

7 voorstudies voor 2
Lighting design with helium-neon laser for concert by Egmond Swaan
Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam 1995

education

1990 -91 Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität Marburg, Germany
German Literature, graphics and fine arts

1992 -96 Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in Wien
(Academie of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria)
Scenography, masterclasses with Axel Manthey,
Frida Parmeggiani, Marco Japelj

1994 -95 Gerriet Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
masterclasses with Jan Verswyfeld, Judith Lansinck,
Rien Beckers

1997-99 postgraduate study in digital media and Fine Arts
Media-GN, centre for emergent media, Groningen, NL

1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006 individual subsidy from The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

2002/3 artist in residence at Location One in New York City funded by The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

2004 residency at the Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo in Saratoga, CA

reviews/featured in:

Netarts.org, Honorable Mention Award review, John Hopkins, Japan, November 2007

Sunset Magazine, pp. 177-180, Open Studio, Peter Fish, Peter O. Whiteley, May 2005

Connected: LiveArt, Catalogue, Waag Society Amsterdam, 2005

Concrete Island: JG Ballard Goes Dutch, Ballardian, Interview by Simon Sellars 2005

TeknoKultura, Teknoforia, vol. 4, November 2004

Horizon Zero, Issue 13: Perform, February, 2004

MAKING ART OF DATABASES, V2 Publication, contributions by Michelle Teran and Sher Doruff, June 2003

COMMITMENT, catalogue of the groups exhibition by Fonds BKVB, Rotterdam 2002

Farkis, Suzanne, What the World Needs Now?, Year01, November 2002

Brummel, Klazien, LOL, THEATERMAKER, Amsterdam, April, 2002

Brummel, Klazien, Toekomst, THEATERMAKER, Amsterdam, November 2001

Isabelle is a dedicated participant at Share, New York's grassroots laboratory for audiovisual experimentation and has performed solo or as part of Kijk & Luister at some of New York City's most popular and respected video performance venues, including the Kitchen, F:T:H at Remote Lounge, The Bunker at Subtonic, Eyewash and the Festival of Mixology hosted by Roulette as well as club transmediale Berlin.

Rumori
marathonevent with contemporary music, dance and visuals
Theater de Balie, Amsterdam 2001

COALIZION
live video for progressive jazz concert
with DJ-16, Alan Parvis and Alan Laurillard
Stichting Jazz Utrecht 1999
zaal 100 Amsterdam 2000

Hyware
live visuals for noise performance by Radboud Mens
ATAK Festival, Enschede 1999

readings/ presentations

Media & Democracy
speaker at Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region Spring Conference
NY 2003

Future Moves
work presentation
Rotterdam 2001

Nederlandse Dansdagen
talkshow about space in dance/theater
Maastricht 2001

Teleac/NOT: Nieuwe media, nieuwe mogelijkheiden
[online] radioprogram about digital media in theater
Hilversum 2001

congressweek: digidrama
performance, work presentation & workshop for students
Academie voor Drama Eindhoven 2000

avonduren: digipersona's
work presentation
Stichting Utrechtse Beeldende Kunst 2000

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concert for two fingers with Stefan Kunzmann
presentation for students of the Moore Institute Groningen 2000

essay

the light cast
telepresent characters as new dramatis personae
MFA thesis ,1999

assignments

website design for [NES]theaters 7de zaal
feiten & fictie 1998
100% echt by Helena Muskens & Quirine Racké 2000
Agora Phobia (digitalis) by Karen Lancel 2000

Karaoke Food
live video & animations for theatrical dinner by Sjoerd Wagenaar
Tropeninstitut Amsterdam 1999

video editing for America Today
dance performance by Gonnie Heggen
Grand Theatre Groningen 1999

assistantships

1996 Caligula, internship at the Zuidelijk Toneel Eindhoven
scenography by Jan Versweyfeld

1994 internship with Frida Parmeggiani at the Theater am Turm, Frankfurt

1992 assistant to stage designer Thilo Reuter, Hebbeltheater Berlin/ Szene Salzburg

1991/2 div. asssistantships in Vienna: Ensembletheater, Theater der Jugend, Volksbühne