Lotos Collective was established in 2006 through a series of investigative works, the first of these being Homebound, a Live Art event devised within an inhabited Georgian house in London’s East End.
Following the success of this event Lotos has continued to develop large scale projects internationally in a variety of non-purpose built spaces, engaging diverse practitioners and audiences, with a focus on the deconstruction and re-synthesis of myth.
Lotos’ work ranges from site-specific projects in Naples, Ghana and Beirut to conferences and workshops.
Lotos Collective continues to experiment with and expand the possibilities of Live Art through research and practice.
Company Members:
Alexa Reid, Jenna Rossi-Camus, Roberto Sánchez-Camus, BD White
info@lotoscollective.org
Roberto Sánchez-Camus
Roberto produces, designs, and directs a variety of Live Art performances, video art collages, site-specific installations, and 3D paintings. He has developed assemblages of creative individuals in Coalition of Creative Artists in 2000, Blank Collective in 2003 and now with Lotos. Currently he is researching how performance reflects social systems through the integration of Live Art practice with community development in a practice-as-research PhD at Brunel University in London. Roberto won People’s Choice award for a New Years Parade London float 2006, a NYC Innovative Theatre Award for Best Production 2004, an OOBR Award for Best Production 2003, and was selected for the Cinekink Film Festival Best Video Short 2005. He was awarded a BFA in Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts in New York and an MA Scenography from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
www.camusliveart.net
Jenna Rossi-Camus
Jenna is a visual artist whose background in the fields of design, art history, fashion and theatre unite in the arena of scenographic practice. Prior to studying at London’s prestigious Motley Theatre Design Course, Jenna worked professionally as a costume designer and maker in New York City, where she has designed or otherwise contributed to nearly one hundred plays, peformances and events since the turn of the milennium. Standing out among her theatre credits are: three seasons of original musicals for young audiences (Vital Theater Company), a sold-out revival of Hair (Gallery Players, NYC), Batboy the Musical (SpeakEasy Stage Co.) and assisting on the Broadway productions of both The Wedding Singer and The Women. She has also styled for music videos, television and photography. She has taught scenography to young artists and has been a guest lecturer on costume history at Hunter College and Boricua College in New York City. Jenna holds a Bchelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Illustration and Art History.
B.D. White
B.D. has eighteen years experience working in the the technical and managerial side of the performing arts and special events industries. He has provided his expertise as company manager and casting director for Plays for Living. Following seven years as a stage manager for over fifty New York City Off-Broadway productions, B. D. turned his focus to production management and technical direction. He has served several Off-Broadway theatre companies, toured internationally and was the Production Manager of the U.S. premiere of Frozen by Byrony Lavery and its transfer to Broadway. B.D. has also lead the technical and managerial teams for special events such as fashion shows, concerts, product showcases, charity banquets and educational and outreach events. He also has specialised experience in fine art handling and installation. Currently B.D. is the Production Manager and Technical Director of Elevator Repair Service Theater. Mr. White holds a Bachelors Degree from Ithaca College in Theater Arts Management.
Alexa Reid
Alexa trained at The Oxford School of Drama and Goldsmiths College, London BA Drama and Theatre Arts, 1st Class Hons) and completed an MA in Scenography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2006. Alexa is a director/scenographer and intstallation artist. She has devised, designed and performed across the UK and internationally. Recent credits include Punchdrunks Masque of the Red Death, BAC, as Head of Fabrics, lithopedion allotment dirt-nap tattoo, a performance installation presented at the Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham as part of eXpo ’05, and as part of the EEC platform, London. The Man Who by Untitled Theatrics performed at both the Samuel Becket Theatre Dublin and as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival at SS Michael and John, fringe award 2005. Alexa’s specific interests lie within the creation of hermetic worlds in found spaces through object-based dramaturgies; with the body as a locus of degeneration and regeneration, fecundity and decay. The creation of artificial myth and fake archives, through a playful approach to questions of narrative and historiography.
