Yosi WANUNU (IL/AT)

Yosi Wanunu was born in Israel. He studied art history, theater and film in Israel, Europe and the USA. During extended business trips throughout the world over the course of many years, he has acquired a wide variety of techniques and styles for staging dramatic works. Since the 1980, he has been active at the interface of film/video/new media and theater/performance. Up to 1996, Yosi Wanunu lived and worked in NYC as a director, stage designer and lighting designer at such venues as BCBC, Ohio Theatre, La Mama ETC, Here and in Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theatre.

He is co-founder and artistic director of the Vienna-based label toxic dreams (more than 20 independent productions since 1998; most recently “Die Milosevics,” “Meet the Composer,” “Titus 3,” “Jabberwocky,” “De Lady in de Tutti Frutti Hat,” “Vanja 1,” “Kongs, Blondes, Tall Buildings,” and “The Mystery of the Enchanted Cars.” He also works with other indie-scene groups and performers in Europe.

www.toxicdreams.at