FABRIZIO CRISAFULLI HAS BEEN AWARDED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE
Motivations
by Henning Christiansen

Fabrizio Crisafulli is an exceptional combination of a performing artisf and researcher.
He is professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, he is director of his own theatre company II Pudore Bene in Vista in Rome, and he has directed and produced shows and performances since the early 1990s.

He is known for integrating dramaturgy, light, sound, dance and other art forms in new ways, often “site-specific” in theatre, installations, and large, open public spaces. He is especially known as a trendsetter in the use of light. Many books and articles have been written about his work and pursuits, and he himself has a long list of publications.

 He is known for his workshops on light and performance, which are very popular among students from a wide variety of disciplines related to theatre, light and performance, as well as on the technical side.

He has worked with the subject Performance Design for many years at Roskilde University, most prominently in connection with the Festival of Lights, on All Saints Day 2013, which is an ideal example of how the town of Roskilde and RUC can work together. Here at the university he has worked closely with and inspired students, teachers and researchers; coordinated by Associate Professor Bjoon Laursen, Performance Design. Crisafulli is a person who can generate synergy, from which unexpected and unique results can develop.

The awarding of the honorary doctorate to Fobrizio Crisafulli honours an important international cultural figure, who already has a mutually productive relationship with RUC, and who will continue to be a strong partner in the triangle RUC, Roskilde town and the international scene.

Among other things, he is involved in a collaboration with Roskilde University and Roskilde municipality concerning a project called Winter Light in Roskilde (Ocloher 2015- March 2016) and also the Festival of Lights on All Saints Day 2015.
He is also a partner in a large interdisciplinary EU-project application, which RUC and Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies are coordinafing.

(Henning Christiansen, Fabrizio Crisafulli has been awarded an Honorary Doctiorate Degree (motivations), in Ǻrsfest ’15, Roskilde Universitet, Roskilde (Denmark), September 2015).