Eric Joris

Eric Joris is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist and theatre director. In 1991 he founded CREW Eric Joris.

Early life and education
Eric Joris studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) (BE); the Brussels RITS Institute for Media and Film; languages, art history and economy at Sorbonne, (Paris); Cambridge University (United Kingdom); Heidelberg (Collegium Palatinum); and Tokyo (ETP fundings by European Government).

Career
Joris is a multimedia artist with an initial education in filmmaking, covering many areas such as industrial design, graphic design, comics, visual arts, installation art, and performance art. Under his direction CREW Eric Joris adamantly tries to make performances at the melting point between live art and digital media.

He develops methods for connecting state-of-the-art technology with artistic forms, often exploring and questioning the human senses, particularly our perception of sound, movement and space. His company CREW Eric Joris generates live-art projects that can be described as immersive theatre.

The works of Joris are frequently co-produced and/or sponsored by pioneering institutes for technology, such as Fraunhofer Society and Max Planck Society.

CREW Eric Joris participated in the program 2020 3D Media, which has the backing of the European Commission. CREW is also artistic partner in the EU-funded multidisciplinary research consortium Dreamspace, which develops tools that enable creative professionals to combine live performances, video and computer generated imagery in real time.

Recognition and awards
Joris has received prizes and fellowships from the French and Flemish government, as well as from various foundations.

Other activities
Joris is a mentor of the Forecast Platform 2015-2016, an international platform that promotes emerging talents.

Selected productions

 * Collateral Rooms, 2016
 * C.a.p.e. Drop_Dog , 2016
 * Absence, 2015 (Eric Joris and Peter Verhelst), production by CREW Eric Joris and NTGent
 * EXPLORER/Prometheus Unchained, 2015 (Eric Joris and Urland), production by CREW Eric Joris and Productiehuis Rotterdam
 * C.a.p.e. Anima, 2014 (creation by CREW and Anima Eterna Brugge), conducted by Jos van Immerseel, commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge
 * Centrifuga, 2013
 * C.a.p.e. Vooruit/STAM, 2013
 * aXes, 2013
 * C.a.p.e. KIT, 2013 (Eric Joris and Chantalla Pleiter)
 * C.a.p.e. Tohoku, 2012
 * NoHorizon, 2012
 * C.a.p.e. Pierrefonds, 2010
 * BOLSCAN, 2010
 * Line-Up, 2009
 * EUX, 2009
 * W(Double U), 2008
 * O_Rex,1.3., 2008
 * U_Ranging Standstill, 2006
 * Crash, 2004
 * Philoctetes, 2002
 * Icarus, 2001
 * N.M., 2001
 * Kammerspiel, 1999
 * Kaufhaus Inferno, 1999