Speakers of the sympozia in Riga confirmed

The first symposium from the Scenography Expanding series ON SPECTATORSHIP has confirmed the key speakers:

Vit Havranek, curator (CZ)
Vera Mantero, choreographer (PT)
David Tushingham, curator (UK)
dellbruegge and deMoll, artists (DE)
Arpad Schilling, director (HU)
Alan Read, theorist (UK)
Solvita Krese, curator (LAT)
Irena Sentevska, curator (RES)

The symposium ON SPECTATORSHIP is on February 25 – 27 2010 in Riga. More information see here.

Symposia Scenography Expanding

Scenography Expanding is a series of symposia on the topic of scenographic practice and performance design. 

With the aim of initiating and hosting an active and trans-disciplinary discourse on the notion of an expanding scenography, the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space issues an invitation and a Call for Papers for Scenography Expanding 1-3 in 2010. The symposia will engage with notions of spectatorship, artists/authors, and curating in relation to the diverse artistic positions in contemporary performance design. Sign up now, as the deadline for the Riga symposium is December 15th!

Application forms and detailed information

PQ has a new place - Veletržní Palace

Time and place – these two variables have been set for the next Prague Quadrennial (PQ). The 12th PQ will take place in the Veletržní Palace (the building of the Czech National Gallery) from June 16th to June 26th, 2011. The Veletržní Palace is only a few hundred meters away from PQ’s previous location, the Industrial Palace within the Prague Exhibition Grounds.

Virtual tour through the Veletržní Palace is available here.

57 countries applied for the PQ 2011

At this moment there are 57 countries signed up to participate in the next PQ. There are a number of traditional PQ participating countries registered, such as the USA, Germany, and Norway, but also countries like India and Kazakhstan. For contact information see the List. whole news

Join PQ on Facebook

You can find PQ on Facebook and join further PQ fans and friends.

New DVD about the PQ 07 was just released!

Remember the PQ 07 with hundreds of photos and hours of video materials documenting the highlights and live atmosphere of the event in the new DVD.
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Scenography Expanded Symposium

Curator`s Symposium in preparation for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2011, within the framework of the Intersection Project.

Late applications will be accepted by the end of August

Reminder: Deadline for applications for Prague Quadrennial 2011 is June 30th 2009!

New monography on Josef Svoboda

The Arts and Theatre Instituted has published a new book called JOSEF SVOBODA – SCENOGRAPHER. The author and the main editor of the book is Helena Albertová. The representative book is written in English and it is addressed not only to foreign presentation of this important person of Czech stage design of the second half of the 20^th century but also for presentation of Czech theatre and Czech culture.

PQ Exhibition in Dresden

A photography exhibition “Prague Quadrennial” presents the best of the PQ07 in Dresden, Germany. It is held from April 17^th to June 21^st 2009 in Projekttheater in cooperation with the Czech Centre and the Theatre and Arts Institute.