Philipp Contag-Lada
| Biography
Philipp Contag-Lada was born in Stuttgart and works throughout Europe as a video artist at theaters and museums. He teaches at various universities and, together with colleagues, develops exhibition concepts and media solutions for advertising agencies and industrial clients under the label 7pc. He specializes in new technical and aesthetic developments, which he has also presented at Art Cologne. Among the artists he has worked with are Philippe Arlaud, Gudrun Schretzmeier, John Dew, Heinz Balthes, Werner Schroeter, Birgitta Trommler, Stijn Celis, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and especially stage designer Florian Parbs, with whom he has created virtual spaces for numerous productions, including the world premiere of Fadinger at the Neues Musiktheater in the Landestheater Linz and Die Fledermaus at the Staatsoper Hannover. At the Dresden Semperoper, he was also responsible for the video concept for Michael Schulz’s production of Salome. His work has been seen at opera houses and theaters in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dresden, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona and Boston, Basel and Gothenburg, among others.
| Biography
Philipp Contag-Lada was born in Stuttgart and works throughout Europe as a video artist at theaters and museums. He teaches at various universities and, together with colleagues, develops exhibition concepts and media solutions for advertising agencies and industrial clients under the label 7pc. He specializes in new technical and aesthetic developments, which he has also presented at Art Cologne. Among the artists he has worked with are Philippe Arlaud, Gudrun Schretzmeier, John Dew, Heinz Balthes, Werner Schroeter, Birgitta Trommler, Stijn Celis, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and especially stage designer Florian Parbs, with whom he has created virtual spaces for numerous productions, including the world premiere of Fadinger at the Neues Musiktheater in the Landestheater Linz and Die Fledermaus at the Staatsoper Hannover. At the Dresden Semperoper, he was also responsible for the video concept for Michael Schulz’s production of Salome. His work has been seen at opera houses and theaters in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dresden, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona and Boston, Basel and Gothenburg, among others.
