Sam Scheuermann (°1994, Tilburg, NL) is an interdisciplinary performance artist from the Netherlands, currently based in Amsterdam. In 2013 she started at the Maastricht Institute of performative arts, where she graduated as a director in 2017.
Her work exists on the border between theatre and visual arts, challenging the concept of spectatorship and exploring the relational dynamics between audience and performer. She is fascinated by the concept of the gaze of the Other, that is able to transform us from an unconscious subject to a conscious object with a strong notion of Self. According to Sam, this dynamic of staging the Self is essentially theatrical, and has its place in the streets just as much as in the theatre. Researching the codes that divide the reality from the staged in various contexts, she is developing several site-specific projects. Balancing between theatre and performative art, the real and the staged situation, Sam unhinges the spectator and encourages him/her to reflect on him/herself and his/her place in society.
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2013-2017: BA director at Toneelacademie Maastricht
2020-now: freelancer at Cascoland
2020 Residency at United Cowboys Eindhoven: Constructions of my interior
2019 Touch or Tune in collaboration with ROTOR Performance and VOÏSZ Vocal Projects
2019 Residency at United Cowboys Eindhoven i.c.w. Koen van der Heijden
2019 Residency Broedplaats at Pand 18 Den Bosch: A study on becoming
2019 Residency at het Huis Utrecht: A study on becoming
2019 Sneak Peek, Parkstad Limburg theaters Heerlen: A study on becoming
2018 Winternights Maastricht: Spectator
2018 Sam Scheuermann is part of network group CS2 excisting of media-creators and artists, an initiative of VondelCS and the AVROTROS
2018 Seasoning Fall United Cowboys: SUBJECT/OBJECT II
2018 Theater aan Zee Oostende (BE): Nomaden
2018 Over het IJ Festival Amsterdam: SUBJECT/OBJECT II
2018 Sam Scheuermann is beging supported by MCEM
2018 Talentlab VIAZUID Talentmakelaar & Toneelgroep Maastricht: Residents
2018 Festival Cement Den Bosch: de Werfplaats
2018 Parktheater Eindhoven: WE WANT MORE, i.a. o.a. Appearance, United Cowboys
2017 Selected as Top-level artist' by bureau CAWA
2017 Jonge Harten Festival Groningen: Nomaden
2017 World Design Event Eindhoven: Goden
2017 ITS Festival Amsterdam: Nomaden
2017 Festival INdeMAAK Maastricht: Goden and SUBJECT/OBJECT I
2017 Festival Cement Den Bosch: Nomaden
2017 Sam Scheuermann is beging supported by VIAZUID
2016 Winternights Maastricht: SUBJECT/OBJECT I
2016 Grec Festival Barcelona (ES): Appearance, i.c.w. United Cowboys
2016 Festival Cement Den Bosch: A Rite of Passage, i.c.w. Annelieke Holland and Erik van de Wijdeven
2015 Festival Boulevard Den Bosch: Stand Alone, United Cowboys
2015 De Nieuwe Vorst Tilburg: Appearance, i.c.w. United Cowboys
2015 TAC Eindhoven: Appearance, i.c.w. United Cowboys
2015 Seasoning Eindhoven: Appearance, i.c.w. United Cowboys
2015 Seasoning Eindhoven: Do You Like This Like This, i.c.w. United Cowboys
2014 Incubate Tilburg: Kloosterstraat 65, i.c.w. Rani Decock and Koba Ryckewaert.
Photo: Koen van der Heijden
Essay - Het Zelf in de theatrale samenleving
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