Daniel Landau

Biography

Daniel Landau was born and raised in Jerusalem. Landau completed his Master’s degree at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. During his studies, Landau wrote music for Dutch contemporary music ensembles, such as: Nieuw Ensemble, Orkest de Volharding, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, performing with his works at concert halls and festivals such as - The Concertgebouw, Paradiso.

In 2001, Landau established the art collective – BZAZ Foundation – in which they created full-length media shows. These shows toured in Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Mexico, Spain, England and Israel, receiving positive critic by the media and the audiences.

Landau lived in the Netherlands for ten years. In 2006, Landau returned to Israel. He started to work on a performance-platform based on projection and movement.

In 2008, in collaboration with artists, dancers, engineers and designers, Landau created the stage piece One-Dimensional Man. This show was a British-Israeli production. The show was a direct continuation of Landau’s interest in the complex relationship between the human body and technology. The show took place at the Suzanne Dellal Center, receiving positive reviews. Landau created a series of works called ‘Reside’, using the docu-performance platform that he had established.

In 2014, Landau established the Oh-Man, Oh-Machine platform through which he initiate international conferences, workshops, salon meetings and a research group intended to promote a techno-social critical discourse through the philosophical framework of Posthumanism. Landau gives lectures on his work in Israel and internationally. In 2013-2015, he served as Head of the Digital Media Studies at The Midrasha Faculty of the Arts, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel.

He is currently serving as a Senior Research Fellow at the Advanced Virtuality Lab (AVL) at Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel. He was invited to present his works at festivals and museums in Israel and overseas, including: The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris, the Centro-Historico Festival (Mexico), Bath International Music Festival (England), Kaserne (Switzerland), The Bartok Festival (Hungary) and The Nakanojo Biennale (Japan).

In 2017, Daniel Landau is going to teach the winter semester at the Design and Media department in UCLA.

Personal

His sister, Sigalit Landau, is an Israeli artist. Landau is married to Michal Openheim Landau, a musician, composer and vocal teacher. They live in Tel Aviv.

Selected ehibitions and presentations