Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ)

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Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2015 Slovenia Flyer.jpgSlovene contribution at the the 13th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ curated by Barbara Novakovič Kolenc in June 2015. A flyer cover image.


The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space is the world's largest exhibition in the field of scenography and theatre architecture. The first PQ took place in 1967. Since then, every four years have introduced the newest spatial solutions for performing arts as conceived by creators from approximately 70 countries.


Background

In 1995, Slovenia took part in the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) for the first time. The Slovenian stage design 1991–1994 exhibition was curated and staged by Meta Hočevar, stage director and set designer. Later on, the National Theatre Museum of Slovenia organised the participation of a number of acknowledged stage and costume designers working in Slovenia. Alan Hranitelj presented his 5-metre-high stage set costume construction for Stravinski's Oedipus Rex opera in 2003, the next PQ in 2007 saw Meta Hočevar's Play of Spaces, while in 2011 Tomaž Toporišič curated the presentations of Ema Kugler, Dunja Zupančič and Miha Turšič (Noordung Cosmokinetic Cabinet) and Belinda Radulović (in the section Extreme Costumes).

PQ 2015

The main theme of the 13th edition of the Prague Quadrennial 2015 is Shared Space: Music Weather Politics. A series of symposia, meetings and exhibitions culminated at the Prague Quadrennial from 18–28 June 2015 in historical buildings, contemporary arts venues and the streets of central Prague. According to Sodja Lotker, the artistic director of the PQ, the 2015 PQ edition differs from the previous ones: a mere documentation of performance design process or staging record should become a living stage to turn the space into an experience – scenography.

PQ national section

In 2015 the producer of the Slovene section is Slovenian Theatre Institute in close collaboration with the Muzeum Institute. Barbara Novakovič Kolenc, the Slovene curator for the Countries and Regions section, selected the authors who stand out with their recent stage and costume designs. They deconstructed their designs into a visual art installation entitled Compressed Space vs. Extended Space, on view at Kafka's House, Prague.

SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 2014 Tristan and Isolde Photo Darja Stravs Tisu.jpgTristan and Isolde ballet with the stage design by Meta Grgurevič in collaboration with JAŠA, Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, 2014.

Meta Grgurevič in collaboration with JAŠA created the set design for the production of Tristan and Isolde, a full length ballet performed to an original score by Sašo Kalan and Wagner's opera musical fragments, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana in 2014. A gigantic kinetic sculpture made of repetitive elements of aluminium and plastic nets "creates situations such as a garden, a haven, a threat, a nearness, a distance, a night-and-day" (M.G.). A string of divergences was elaborated further in the PQ installation: a box with a suspended vial (the love-potion), surrounded by mirrors, faced a video that gives word to the moving set on an empty stage.

There is another object in the room: a transparent box with the layered costumes of the Storm Still compressed into it. On the screen, a flow of portraits of actors' and costumes discloses the fragments of the performance scenes and senses. Ana Savić Gecan created the costumes for Handke's drama Storm Still put on stage in the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and in Slovene Permanent Theatre in Trieste in May 2013.

PQ Student Section

In 2015 Slovenia participated in the PQ Student Section for the first time. SLOGI invited the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) to prepare an installation for the Bethlehem Chapel-Lapidarium in Prague.

Several workshops probed the ideas behind the Shared Space: Music Weather Politics in spring 2015 with 33 students participating. Out of 12 project proposals, the tutors Maruša Zorec, Uroš Rustja( Faculty or Architecture), and Žanina Mirčevska(AGRFT) selected the installation Silent Storm by dramaturgy student Anja Rošker and architecture students Ana Lokas, Nejc Luznar, Danijel Tejić, Rok Willenpart, and Maruša Žemlja.

The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in 2015 was supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Prague.

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