JOHN STURGEON
RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION TRAVELS
Produced and/or performed: Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy (Puglia, Rome, Sardinia) and Viet Nam
Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
1996 (3 months north Germany)
Produced video installation collaboration (Bremen, Germany); Pursued educational exchange project (Waddenzee) with Academie Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands
1994-95 (15 months northern Europe)
Lived and worked in north Germany; Visiting Professor of Video Annimation: Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany; Research and video production in the Wattenmeer/Waddenzee, Germany and The Netherlands’ coast of the North Sea, on ecologically related art works and exhibitions with European environmental groups through Action North Sea Conference, BUND and the World Wildlife Fund; Continued production on several video projects and traveled in northern Europe. Educational document: Christo's Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin; Traveled Thailand (1 month).1992 (3 months north Germany)
Performances, video production - international festivals (Symposium Moor '92 & More Moor), Wittemoor & Oldenburg, Ger.; Funded by German national and regional arts organizations and Arts International, The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, (USIA, NEA, Rockefeller & Pew) Production travels, & lectures northern Europe.1988 (3months South America)
Fulbright Scholar Abroad, video production, lectures and taught in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.