Dr Fahrudin Salihbegovic

• Position:Wallscourt Fellow in Performance and Performance Technologies
• Department:College of Arts, Technology and Environment
• Telephone:+441179656261
• Email:Fahrudin.Salihbegovic@uwe.ac.uk

About me

Dr. Fahrudin Salihbegovic, also known as Nuno, is a Wallscourt Fellow in Performance and Performance Technology. A lecturer, researcher, and theatre practitioner, he has been at UWE since 2019. Nuno teaches contemporary and avant-garde theatre on modules at levels 2 and 3. His research interests revolve around the application of creative theatre technologies in contemporary performance. In the last few years, with the support of UWE students and alumni, Nuno has been working on the sanctuary theatre project, a collaborative effort with the City of Bristol College, Bristol Beacon, and Bristol Refugee Festival. This project provides a platform for young refugees and migrants in Bristol to express themselves through the medium of theatre. Nuno’s contributions to this project have been recognised with the UWE Staff Award.

Area of expertise

Nuno’s research revolves around integrating cutting-edge immersive digital technologies into performance design and practice. As a practitioner, he has directed theatre performances, designed digital scenographies, and created multimedia installations for museums and galleries. His projects have been performed and exhibited internationally. In his scholarly work, Nuno specialises in the history and theory of multimedia theatre and performance technology.

Nuno has published a book titled “Directed Cyber Theatre” (2013) and several articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. His particular focus is on the twentieth-century avant-garde and contemporary theatre practices that involve media computing. He has written extensively about the work of various artists, including Adolphe Appia, the Bauhaus Stage Workshop (Schlemmer and Moholy-Nagy), German political and multimedia theatre (Erwin Piscator), Josef Svoboda’s multimedia theatre, and contemporary digital performances by Complicite, Mark Coniglio, and Frieder Weiss.

In recent years, Nuno’s focus has shifted to working with young refugees. With the support of an enthusiastic group of UWE students, he runs the drama club at the City College of Bristol. Through theatre, he helps young refugees and migrants in Bristol express their voices. For his contributions to this work, Nuno received the UWE Staff Award.

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