What makes us Wunderbar
Wunderbar is about extraordinary projects conceived by artists and made by audiences.
We are seriously curious and playfully disruptive, asking 'What will happen if...'
The Wunderbar portfolio comprises a glorious, eclectic mix of performance, installation, extraordinary happenings, interactions, social events and games.
Our projects take place in all kinds of places: theatres, galleries and arts centres as well as everyday spaces like car parks, workplaces, hairdressers, living rooms and city streets.
Where we do it
Right now, most of our work takes place in and around Newcastle upon Tyne, north east England.
Our outlook is international. We work with artists from all over the world and digitize our work when we can so it can be accessed any time, any place. Wunderbar on Vimeo
Wunderbar projects have popped up in other parts of the UK and we expect this to happen more in the future.
How we came about
Wunderbar began in 2009 with our first festival in Newcastle upon Tyne. A second acclaimed festival took place in 2011.
Since then we've evolved into ongoing project, working on individual projects and with artists over longer periods of time, such as Bobby Baker and Joshua Sofaer. We also worked on one-off, shorter term projects. Our archive is available in Projects.
Ethos
We have always strived to make are work as good as it can be both for people and planet. We prod and poke the minutiae of all we do.
We have a detailed environmental policy and extensive codes for the way we interact with fellow humans. (If you'd like to see them you can contact us for copies)
Money matters too - the way we spend it and who and how we ask for it. We've probed this artistically and philosophically and you'll find examples on this website.
Meet team Wunderbar
Gillie Kleiman
Director
Ilana Mitchell
Directa Emerita
Sally Pilkington - Morph Creative
Web and design guru
Company Board of Directors
Gillie Kleiman, Ilana Mitchell, Karl Taylor, Kate Parkin