Chris Bird

Partner at B² GbR
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Location
Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, DE
Languages
  • French Elementary proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency

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Jay [Jonathan] Heathcote

I have known Chris since 1980 and he is one of those rare people with tremendous charm and charisma. His presence and personality does not fail to have impact on those who meet him or those around him and this, combined with a firm base of values, makes him an inspirational business leader within his field. He generates loyalty and commitment with this energetic and engaging leadership style and his teams reflect his professional and resilient approach to problem solving and delivering the end product. He is incredibly hard working, creative and quick thinking but he also makes time to have fun and to enjoy the roles that he plays. A pleasure to be around and do business with.

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Experience

    • Germany
    • Events Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Partner
      • Feb 2018 - Present

      We help small to medium sized businesses grow, seeking out new opportunities, developing relationships and help them run the back end of their businesses. We also offer executive oversight and production direction/management, along with stage management and show calling for all kinds of productions and events. We help small to medium sized businesses grow, seeking out new opportunities, developing relationships and help them run the back end of their businesses. We also offer executive oversight and production direction/management, along with stage management and show calling for all kinds of productions and events.

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of Strategic Partnerships
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      Responsible for implementing and developing commercial and strategic relationships with clients, suppliers and other key partners worldwide. Responsible for implementing and developing commercial and strategic relationships with clients, suppliers and other key partners worldwide.

    • Executive Producer
      • Feb 2022 - Mar 2022

      I was the Executive Producer for the F1 opening ceremony at Jeddah F1. Primarily delivering a 5min 120m x 12m projection mapping directly on the race track, my role also required direct client liaison from F1 to site-wide HSE, and between all sub vendors including lighting, pyro and sound. Collaborators included Durham Marenghi, Chris Richmond, Lee Baker and Groupe F. I was the Executive Producer for the F1 opening ceremony at Jeddah F1. Primarily delivering a 5min 120m x 12m projection mapping directly on the race track, my role also required direct client liaison from F1 to site-wide HSE, and between all sub vendors including lighting, pyro and sound. Collaborators included Durham Marenghi, Chris Richmond, Lee Baker and Groupe F.

    • Director
      • 2003 - Feb 2018

      I was a Founding Partner and Director of United Visual Artists (UVA), a London based art practice founded in 2003. UVA’s artworks range from small-scale, wall-based pieces to large-scale sculptural installations for cultural institutions and public spaces.UVA’s lines of enquiry include the tension between real and synthesised experiences - the questioning of our relationship with technology, and the creation of phenomena that transcend the purely physical.UVA have been commissioned by institutions including The Barbican Curve Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, The Serpentine Gallery, The Wellcome Trust, The British Library, Manchester International Festival, YCAM Japan and MONA museum in Tasmania. Their work has been exhibited at galleries including Blaine Southern, Bryce Wolkaowitz and Riflemaker in London. Permanent works can be found internationally in Toronto, Dubai, Philadelphia and most recently in Paddington London. Editions of Continuum and Always / Never are now in private collections and Our Time commissioned by MONA for Dark Mofo 2016 has been acquired by the museum.Whilst self-directed enquiry forms the centre of their practice, UVA have been open to collaboration with other specialists in their field. Most notable include Massive Attack on their live performance projects, choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the Paris Opéra Ballet, sound artist Bernie Krause for The Great Animal Orchestra at the Fondation Cartier and most recently with the theoretical neurobiologist Mark Changizi for the Origins of Art exhibition at the MONA Museum in Tasmania.

    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director
      • Jul 2013 - Nov 2017

      I was a founding partner and director at d3 before it changed its name to Disguise. After 4 successful years, in November 2017 I decided to resign as a director and employee and pursue other interests.Originally developed within the UVA art and design practice, d3 was the world’s first integrated video production suite, based around a real-time 3D stage simulator. I was a founding partner and director at d3 before it changed its name to Disguise. After 4 successful years, in November 2017 I decided to resign as a director and employee and pursue other interests.Originally developed within the UVA art and design practice, d3 was the world’s first integrated video production suite, based around a real-time 3D stage simulator.

    • Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Multi Media Engineer
      • 2000 - 2001

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • Freelance
      • 1991 - 2000

      I put my first video projector in a nightclub in Birmingham, England in 1991. As well as working as a pioneering club VJ based the UK, but working worldwide, from 91 to 2000, highlights of my early career include:Touring with The Prodigy on the "Fat of the Land" tour in 96, (using the first ever LCD video projectors on the market).Technical video consultant, content creator and operator for the Pet Shop Boys "Nightlife Tour" in ’99, (where I built my first media server and I believe was the first person to ever projection map on a 3d stage set, which happened to be designed by Zaha Hadid. Working with Marc Brickman.Content creator, editor and media server programmer for the Nine Inch Nails' "Nothing Tour" in 2000. Working with Marc Brickman.

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