Systems Artist
Janus Fouché is a systems artist working across interdisciplinary practices for performance and installation, combining moving image, sound, and computational processes. His practice includes video and sound design, generative animation systems, motion-capture performance, and the choreography of animatronic and mechanical elements.
Working and living in South Africa, he studied Information Science (Multimedia) at postgraduate (Hons.) level at the University of Pretoria.
He primarily works as a collaborator and has contributed to projects with artists, composers, and filmmakers including William Kentridge, Philip Miller, Jason Mitcham, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, and Walter Murch.
From 2011, he has been a member of the Kentridge studio creative team, producing a wide range of stage productions, operas, films, and video installations presented internationally.
He is a frequent collaborator at The Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg.
Born in 1989 in Pretoria, South Africa
Bachelor's degree in Information Science (Specialization: Multimedia) UP 2010
Post-graduate degree (Hons) in Multimedia UP 2011
Lives and works in Johannesburg/Pretoria, South Africa