Silas Neumann (1982) was born in Germany and is based in the Netherlands. He works as a maker, performer, companion and dramaturge in the field of theatre and performance. Neumann followed the bachelor of Theatre and Education and the Master of Theatre Practice at ArtEZ School of Arts in Zwolle and Arnhem.
His research interests are based on conceptual and documentary performance art. Neumann is exploring artistic ways of researching and creative ways of documentation. In his practice Neumann is working with the personal as an approach to inquire into bigger subjects.
During this master he investigated into the concept of ‘Heimat’. The forms he used to give the research outcome varied between audio-tour, audio-installation, participative performance, lecture performance and visual work such as video.