Suzanne Schaaf holds a bachelor in theatre directing and teaching (Amsterdam University of the Arts), and a master’s degree in visual anthropology (UvA). She has an interest in artistic research and site specific theatre. Her work is often connected to placemaking, memory, landscape and transition. She prefers to work interdisciplinary when doing research, where the outcome isn’t fixed on one form or product but rather depends on the research process. She grew up in the Netherlands, but has developed a strong connection with the United States where most of her family comes from.
The memory of glitch explores the entanglements of smoke and pixels, trees and humans, loss and recovery. Attempting to connect to a ‘lost’ landscape, a filmmaking researcher dives into a burned-down forest in Oregon, U.S.A., to create a sense for the (de)composition of memory and place. Her voice guides the audience with personal reflections on loss while glimpses of bare…