Jorg Schellekens is a light and sound designer from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Utrecht University, acquiring an MA in theatre dramaturgy. Over the past 20 years he was involved in hundreds of productions spanning a wide range of genres, in various artistic and technical capacities. The core of his work is developing sound and light designs for theatre, dance, music and visual arts. His work has been heard and seen in over 20 countries.
Notable sound designs include those for the theatre marathons ‘Odysseus’, ‘Tuin van Holland’ and ‘Herakles’ at Toneelgroep de Appel (with co-composer Carl Beukman), the last two installments of Maria Goos’ family epic ‘De Familie Avenier’ and Winter/21/J. and HERFST by Ryan Djojokarso, both nominated as best performance of their respective theater seasons.
As a sound designer and composer he worked with choreographers such as Ryan Djojokarso, Poernima Gobardhan, Rutkay Özipinar, Estefania Miranda, Antonin Rioche, Constantin Trommlitz, Alioune Diagné, Jasper Džuki Jelen & Mojra Vogelnik-Škerlj and others. Directors he worked with include Jules Terlingen, Bram Jansen, Maren E. Bjørseth, Jaap Spijkers, Aus Greidanus, Liesbeth Coltof, Paul Knieriem, Judith de Rijke, Ger Thijs and many others.
As a light designer he worked with David Geysen & Carl Beukman, Danae & Dionysios, Club Gewalt, Arthur Rosenfeld, Room Eleven, Saskia Mees, Janne Eraker and others, sometimes combining both light and sound.
Outside of the theatre his work can be heard in various short films and installations. At the most recent Prague Quadrennial one of his works was presented live as part of the Sound Kitchen program. He worked with conceptual artist Rana Hamadeh on several projects, including the light & sound design of her award winning show ‘The Ten Murders of Josephine’ and the ‘Standard Deviation’ series. He worked with scenographer Guus van Geffen on the sound for the award winning and highly successful exhibition on the history of the V.O.C. in the National Archive of the Netherlands.
Other side activities include teaching and writing, including 9 years of teaching sound design at the Academy of Theatre and Dance (Amsterdam University of the Arts) and occassional workshops and mentoring sessions at other institutes. He publishes infrequently on topics related to theatre design, and did a 10 year stint as an editor for Zichtlijnen, a Dutch magazine on stagecraft and design.