Lars Schmidt, wandering monk and poet, dance, performance and visual artist, experimental musician, improviser, permaculture designer and facilitator
Exploring the fundaments of cultural and spiritual matters, he often establishes transdisciplinary spaces, in order to support the emergence of a new narrative.
Formative years in New York City, Glasgow and Berlin.
Regular periods of retreated life in mountain regions of France and Norway.
Background and studies in music and the performing arts, fine arts, somatics, photography and film, ecology and anthropology.
He has worked as actor for film and TV, as acting coach and director.
In dance and bodywork his path led from classical and modern dance training to working with postmodern dance forms (mostly Contact Improvisation), tango and in situ performances.
He is an advocate and activist for nature protection and regeneration, creating wildlife gardens and pursuing research in animal behavior and communication, as well as in different fields of traditional craftsmanship and land use.
Approaching the arts as a way of coming-to-knowing, his Master of Fine Arts thesis (Glasgow School of Art) was titled The Arts in Service: On Learning to Live and to Die, Improvisation as Way of Being and Ecological Practice.
He holds a diploma of Applied Permaculture Design (applied ecological design) and has worked and lived with shepherds and on organic farms in France, Italy and Norway.
As facilitator and curator he aims at building bridges towards indigenous and Eastern understanding, linking vision and practice, knowing and creating.
Lars has lived, worked and taught in major cities like New York, Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Barcelona or Oslo.
He is a member of the International Ecoart Network.
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