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	OH WHAT WAR HERE New York, NY Sept. 2008 I am currently working on rebuilding the video system for OH WHAT WAR at Digital Performance Institute. During the work-in-progress, we experimented with projecting on trapped smoke. Now, I am working to close the system.Written by Jason Craig Directed by Mallory Catlett Sets by Peter Ksander Music by Lisa Dove Noise by G. Lucas Crane Video by Zbigniew Bzymek >>Read the New York Times review >>>A little example
	Chekhov's The Seagull Alexandrinsky Theatre Sept. 2007 Working on this piece at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the very place where the Seagull premiered and from where Chekhov fled on opening night, was a lesson in time/space resonance. I used some classic set-ups; some things that I wanted to do when I was quite naive about video. They seemed right here. Krystian's back-story for Konstantin was that he was a video artist... I was emboldened by Konstantin's words: "The conviction is gradually forcing itself upon me that good literature is not a question of forms new or old, but of ideas that must pour freely from the author's heart, without his bothering his head about any forms whatsoever." Directed and adapted by Krystian Lupa Sets by Krystian Lupa Music by Jacek Ostaszewski Costumes by Piotr Skiba Video by Zbigniew Bzymek
	La Didone by Cavalli/Busenello The Wooster Group 2007 I dove into the rigorously collaborative environment that is The Wooster Group. I have been involved in this piece, which debuted in May in Brussels at the KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS, since its inception at the start of 2007. Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte Music Director Bruce Odland Sound by Matt Schloss Video by Zbigniew Bzymek, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, Joby Emmons Lighting by Jennifer Tipton, Gabe Maxson The Strangeness of Nix and Ixnay kool-aid for the wooster group
	Over All the Mountain Tops by Thomas Bernhard Teatr Dramatyczny Sept. 2006 The video in this piece was called "mystical and majestic" by the Polish press. In this piece I first started experimenting with crystals and lasers. Directed by Krystian Lupa Costumes by Piotr Skiba Video by Zbigniew Bzymek and Robert Mleczko Lighting by Damian Pawella This video didn't make it into the show
	Abandon by Matthew Maguire LaMama ETC New York October- November 2006 OBIE AWARD WINNER 2006/2007. Richard Hinojosa, nytheatre.com, writes: "... Bzymek wisely uses very slow moving images so as not to distract from the movement on stage. His work is truly amazing." Collages and direction by Matthew Maguire Original Music by Andrew Ingkavet Video Design by Zbigniew Bzymek Assistant Video Designer Bosko Blagojevic view a demo of "The Passage"
	Mozart's Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) Wiener Festwochen May2006 I worked as video designer on the controversial Lupa Opera which played to consistently sold-out audiences on it's three runs. I shot material on three simultaneous HDV cameras for the total of 9 projectors. I chose compositions which played with perspective in the three-walled cubic set. Eight projectors created the front, while the ninth projector was deep in the labyrinth. Lights, sets, direction by Krystian Lupa conducted by Daniel Harding costumes by Piotr Skiba video by Zbigniew Bzymek. view more stills
	Chekhov's Three Sisters American Repertory Theatre November 2005 I shot and produced this short video sequence for Krystian Lupa's production of Three Sisters. The project involved working closely with the stunt team, as the piece called for extremely slow walking. Three Sisters lights, sets, stage direction by Krystian Lupa costumes by Piotr Skiba video by Zbigniew Bzymek. view demo
	Solaris Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus February 2005 A three-wall video space was created with 3 projectors and 3 synchronized DVD players. A total of 22 projections comprised in large part of nude apparitions, galactic imagery and water. I shot, lit and animated the material solo. Lights, sets, stage direction by Krystian Lupa costumes by Piotr Skiba video by Zbigniew Bzymek. view demo
	Zaratustra Herodes Atticus Odeon May 2004 The 13 projections for Zaratustra were shot on 35 mm film with Bartek Kaczmarek and a full crew. These are plot-driving mini-films, which represent the prophet's imagination and dreams. They appear at moments of change in this Nietzsche adaptation produced by Stary Teatr, Krakow. Lights, sets, stage direction by Krystian Lupa costumes by Piotr Skiba film by Zbigniew Bzymek and Bartek Kaczmarek. view demo
	Carl Dreyer's Day of Wrath Michael Howard Studios New York 2001 A improvised piece in which I mixed video feedback experiments as an effect of a magic mirror set piece which sometimes reflected the stage and at other times attempted to hypnotize. Adaptation and Stage direction by Polina Klimovitskaya video by Zbigniew Bzymek and Kevin Palmer. view footage from one experiment